Ten Steps to Nanette
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'There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' -Hannah Gadsby, Nanette
Gadsby's unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her blistering honesty and her ability to create both tension and laughter in a single moment. But while her worldwide fame might have looked like an overnight sensation, her path from open mic to the global stage was hard-fought and anything but linear.
Ten Steps to Nanette traces Gadsby's growth as a queer person from Tasmania-where homosexuality was illegal until 1997-to her ever-evolving relationship with comedy, to her struggle with late-in-life diagnoses of autism and ADHD, and finally to the backbone of Nanette - the renouncement of self-deprecation, the rejection of misogyny, and the moral significance of truth-telling.
Equal parts harrowing and hilarious, Ten Steps to Nanette continues Gadsby's tradition of confounding expectations and norms, properly introducing us to one of the most explosive, formative voices of our time.
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As if watching Nanette hasn't made me cry enough all on its own, I now see it with new eyes once again - this was an outstanding memoir! The audiobook read by the author intensifies the experience. TW: physical abuse and assault, ableism, descriptions of bodily injury, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, medical misogyny, suicidal thoughts, depression and anxiety disorder, ASD, ADHD, PTSD, bullying, body dysphoria, fat phobia
Description
'There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' -Hannah Gadsby, Nanette
Gadsby's unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her blistering honesty and her ability to create both tension and laughter in a single moment. But while her worldwide fame might have looked like an overnight sensation, her path from open mic to the global stage was hard-fought and anything but linear.
Ten Steps to Nanette traces Gadsby's growth as a queer person from Tasmania-where homosexuality was illegal until 1997-to her ever-evolving relationship with comedy, to her struggle with late-in-life diagnoses of autism and ADHD, and finally to the backbone of Nanette - the renouncement of self-deprecation, the rejection of misogyny, and the moral significance of truth-telling.
Equal parts harrowing and hilarious, Ten Steps to Nanette continues Gadsby's tradition of confounding expectations and norms, properly introducing us to one of the most explosive, formative voices of our time.
Book Information
Posts
As if watching Nanette hasn't made me cry enough all on its own, I now see it with new eyes once again - this was an outstanding memoir! The audiobook read by the author intensifies the experience. TW: physical abuse and assault, ableism, descriptions of bodily injury, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, medical misogyny, suicidal thoughts, depression and anxiety disorder, ASD, ADHD, PTSD, bullying, body dysphoria, fat phobia