Bonkers

My Life in Laughs

By: Jennifer Saunders

Narrated by: Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Ab Fab to her takes on Madonna or Mamma Mia, her characters are household names.

But it's Jennifer herself who has a place in all our hearts. This is her funny, moving and frankly bonkers memoir, filled with laughter, friends and occasional heartache - but never misery.

BONKERS is full of riotous adventures: accidentally enrolling on a teacher training course with a young Dawn French, bluffing her way to each BBC series, shooting Lulu, trading wild faxes with Joanna Lumley, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn.

There's cancer, too, when she becomes 'Brave Jen'. But her biggest battle is with the bane of her life: the Laws of Procrastination. As she admits, 'There has never been a Plan. Everything has been fairly random, happened by accident or just fallen into place. I'm off now, to do some sweeping...'
Prepare to chuckle, whoop, and go BONKERS.

Critic reviews

Fabulous? Yes. Funny? Absolutely

Beautifully written and frequently hilarious

Delightfully funny... she writes with moving honesty

Her account of battling breast cancer is as honest as it is uplifting

'Hilarious and brilliant' (Kirsty Young)

Endearing and hilarious. If only all celebrity biographies were this funny

Funny and real

Jennifer Saunders is a great comedian and she brings that same spirit and comedy to her own life. Absolutely random, absolutely hilarious, absolutely fabulous!

GENIUS?

Well, yes. The world is simply a much better place with Ms. Saunders and her brilliant way of looking at life. This book is both lovely and funny in equal measure. Thank you for all you've done! Get rid of Susan!!

Loved this

Jennifer Saunders is Bonkers but she is also a warm wonderful human being who managed to live an ordinary life with a loving husband and daughters who all knew they were special in their own way. She has and still has friends from every part of her life. Listening to this book was like sitting with Jennifer having a coffee (or a wine) and listen to her chatter about how her life developed. She doesn’t keep everything in order but adds things from the past as she remembers them. Well done Jen ❤️

Reminded me I needed to stop and laugh more often.

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Jennifer's story. Down to earth, funny and reminded me to stop and enjoy the moment more often.

Totally brilliant

Honest funny and self aware . Have loved Jen for decades and this did not disappoint. Highly recommend