Weirdo
'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes
Published on 25. April 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-571-37454-0 (ISBN)
Description
THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN, WRITER AND ACTOR SARA PASCOE
WINNER OF THE JILLY COOPER AWARD 2025
'Moving and bittersweet and clever . . . I love it.' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH
'Hilarious and heartbreaking at every sentence.' CARIAD LLOYD
'Quietly profound and laughing-in-public funny.' CAITLIN MORAN
'A tragicomic masterpiece.' DAISY BUCHANAN
'A deep meditation on how it feels to be lost - in your relationship, your family, your job and even your own mind.' ELIZABETH DAY
'Funny, sad, engaging, Pascoe nails everything that confronts women today.' STYLIST
'Funny and deeply relatable.' GUARDIAN
'A tremendously exciting voice.' THE TIMES
'An incredible read.' AISLING BEA
I hope since our chat he thinks I'm normal . . . I told him that I was several times.
Deep in Essex and her own thoughts, Sophie had a feeling something was going to happen and then it did. Chris has entered the pub and re-entered her life. Just as she's finally stopped thinking about him. Now Sophie has a chance at creating a happier ending and paying off her emotional debts (if not her financial ones). All she has to do is act exactly like a normal person and not say any of her inner monologue out loud. If she can suppress her light paranoia and pathological lying, maybe she'll even end up getting the guy she wants?
What readers are saying:
'Acutely and profoundly observed.'
'Brilliantly relatable and painfully honest.'
'A book that will make you laugh, think, and feel a little bit better about being yourself.'
'A funny, insightful and unusual perspective on growing into yourself.'
'This is one of the best novels I've read in a long time.'
WINNER OF THE JILLY COOPER AWARD 2025
'Moving and bittersweet and clever . . . I love it.' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH
'Hilarious and heartbreaking at every sentence.' CARIAD LLOYD
'Quietly profound and laughing-in-public funny.' CAITLIN MORAN
'A tragicomic masterpiece.' DAISY BUCHANAN
'A deep meditation on how it feels to be lost - in your relationship, your family, your job and even your own mind.' ELIZABETH DAY
'Funny, sad, engaging, Pascoe nails everything that confronts women today.' STYLIST
'Funny and deeply relatable.' GUARDIAN
'A tremendously exciting voice.' THE TIMES
'An incredible read.' AISLING BEA
I hope since our chat he thinks I'm normal . . . I told him that I was several times.
Deep in Essex and her own thoughts, Sophie had a feeling something was going to happen and then it did. Chris has entered the pub and re-entered her life. Just as she's finally stopped thinking about him. Now Sophie has a chance at creating a happier ending and paying off her emotional debts (if not her financial ones). All she has to do is act exactly like a normal person and not say any of her inner monologue out loud. If she can suppress her light paranoia and pathological lying, maybe she'll even end up getting the guy she wants?
What readers are saying:
'Acutely and profoundly observed.'
'Brilliantly relatable and painfully honest.'
'A book that will make you laugh, think, and feel a little bit better about being yourself.'
'A funny, insightful and unusual perspective on growing into yourself.'
'This is one of the best novels I've read in a long time.'
More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
297 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-37454-0 (9780571374540)
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Person
Sara Pascoe is a highly acclaimed comedian and writer. On TV she has performed her solo show LadsLadsLads (BBC2) as well as hosting Live at the Apollo, appearing on numerous panel shows and fronting the much loved The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC1). She also wrote and starred in the autobiographical sitcom Out of Her Mind (BBC). Animal, her lauded first book, was a personal and evolutionary exploration of the female body. Her second book, Sex Power Money examined porn and transactional sex and was a Sunday Times bestseller. The accompanying podcast garnered millions of listens and multiple award nominations during its run. Weirdo is Pascoe's debut novel. The Weirdos Book Club podcast is a sisterly offshoot celebrating the perceived outsiders in literature, hosted by Sara with Cariad Lloyd.