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Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

by Hannah Gadsby

Ballantine Books ·2022 ·387 pages
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Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the defining moments in her life that led to the creation of Nanette and her powerful decision to tell the truth—no matter the cost. '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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"This stirring tale of resilience laughs in the face of the 'inspiration porn' industry."

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"She does not want to 'prioritise my abuse in the telling of my story, because it was not a luxury I could afford at the time that it was happening'."

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"She writes about her autism with a zoomed-in brightness ..."

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"In Ten Steps to Nanette, Gadsby also offers more technical contextual details for the show itself that its fans will savor ..."

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"In this memoir/humorous collection of essays, award-winning stand-up comic Gadsby reflects on pop culture, feminism, and her sudden rise to stardom, all via the irreverent yet thought-provoking musings she's known for."

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"onsistently self-effacing and contemplative, Gadsby acknowledges that her unique brand of deadpan observational comedy isn't for everyone ..."

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