Description
| Product ID: | 9781509885619 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Killjoy |
| Subtitle: | Taking on a macho media empire and winning |
| Authors: | Author: Jo Cheetham |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Autobiography: writers, Memoirs, Social discrimination and social justice, Feminism and feminist theory, Autobiography: literary, Memoirs, Social discrimination & inequality, Feminism & feminist theory, London, Greater London, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The true story of the No More Page 3 campagin, and the ordinary people who came together to take down a macho media empire . . . and won. <p><b>Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Book Club Pick</b><br><br><b>'Fiercely funny, truly fascinating and inspiring . . . I was hooked from the first page.' - Mel Giedroyc</b><br><b>'Warm, wise, witty and wet your pants hilarious' - Laura Bates, author of <i>Everyday Sexism</i></b> <br><br>Jo Cheetham was a long way from home, studying and working as a nanny in London, when she saw news of an upcoming protest against the Page 3 pictorial in <i>The Sun</i> and decided to go along. Before she could talk herself out of it, Jo officially joined the No More Page 3 campaign team.<br><br>Over the course of the next three years, Jo protested up and down the country, attended parliament and made an unlikely group of friends, ranging from sixteen to sixty, that would become her closest confidants and allies. Whether it was through an impromptu flash mob or a nerve-wracking group performance on the West End stage, Jo's world started to get a lot bigger.<br><br>Hilarious, brilliantly warm and moving, <i>Killjoy </i>is a story of everyday people doing extraordinary things, the power of a grassroots campaign and ultimately what you can achieve when you shout a little bit louder.<br><br><b>'Funny and inspiring' - Rachel Cooke, <i>The Guardian, '</i>Non-fiction to look out for in 2023'</b><br><br><b>'Snappily written with humour and irreverence, it unpeels the insanity of our patriarchal society and why it can and must change. Order it now, is our advice.' - <i>Stylist, '</i>Non-fiction books you can’t miss in 2023'</b><br><br><b>'A heroic and humorous account of the woman who found herself at the head of the No More Page 3 campaign, in a group of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.' - <i>Independent</i>, '19 debut authors set to make their mark this year'</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-02 |