My Lifey Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Paddy McGuinness (Author, Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)

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Get the kettle on, the biscuits out and settle in for a belting listen.

Paddy McGuinness is a much-loved presence on British TV. His stand-up tours sell out across the country. His acting roles are legendary, from Phoenix Nights and Max and Paddy to The Keith and Paddy Picture Show.

How did all start? Let Paddy take you back to a two-up, two-down terrace in 1970s Bolton, where his lifey began. He grew up alone with his beloved mum, neighbourhood matriarch Pat, who worked two jobs, as a barmaid and a cleaner, always keeping food on the table at home and almost always keeping her tearaway teen out of trouble.

The road from kipping in abandoned cars with his mates in Bolton to racing supercars on Top Gear has been eventful, with multiple turning points, including formative hard graft as a labourer, running a Viagra racket at a health centre, a showbiz intervention by schoolfriend Peter Kay and eye-popping adventures in the world of teledom.

While he may have swapped cobbles in Bolton for red carpets in London, Paddy has always stayed true to his Lancashire roots, and here he tells his story for the first time, in his own unmistakable style. He lived it. He's written in. It's his lifey - fast-paced, funny and full of character, just like him.

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8 hours and 1 minute
Author

Paddy McGuinness
Narrator

Paddy McGuinness
Audible release date

18 November 2021
Language

English
Publisher

Penguin Audio
ASIN

B096BJYNK2
Version

Unabridged
Program Type

Audiobook
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Listening Length	8 hours and 1 minute
Author	Paddy McGuinness
Narrator	Paddy McGuinness
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	18 November 2021
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B096BJYNK2
Best Sellers Rank	3,795 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 13 in Comedy (Audible Books & Originals) 18 in Comedy (Books) 42 in Individual Directors

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Mr. Paul Roberts

Lighty

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2021

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Fantastic read. Honest, funny and an insight into the life of someone not desperate to grab the headlines, but got the job done. That’ll do for me Paddy.

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Absolutely fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2022

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Now this book is the very definition of the genre Biography! This is how a biography is supposed to be written! It’s a story of a person’s life from birth to wherever they are at the time of writing! What a fantastic book from Paddy! I’ve always loved Paddy Mcguinness and have watched him for years on everything he’s ever done. He’s absolutely hilarious and one of my favourite comedians along with Peter Kay. Many don’t see Paddy as a comedian as such because he hasn’t done a great deal of stand up, but many moons ago I did go to watch one of his stand up shows, I loved it, but reading this book he admits it wasn’t one of his best stand ups! I wouldn’t say that, I absolutely loved it and to think he wasn’t happy with that time of his life is a shame…. The audience would have said the same as me I am sure!

In true comedian style it’s funny throughout, whilst touching in places and towards the end of the book finding out Paddy suffers with anxiety was a complete shock because nobody would ever know that. Given his massive personality on all of his TV shows, you would never imagine what he has been through in a million years because he hides it so well! It made me think all the more of him as a person to not let that affect his work.

He has recently done a documentary with his wife Christine about having autistic children and it brought me to tears, I am looking forward to his wife’s book coming out as I will definitely be reading that. I didn’t know anything about his wife really before watching the documentary and reading his book and so I will been keen to read that when it’s out.

A brilliant book by a brilliant guy. Please do more stand up Paddy, you were made for it!

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I laughed out loud and cried floods of tears!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2021

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Fantastic read! Wrote from the heart!

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Thought provoking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 December 2021

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Like many people I had no idea how autism affected not only the child but the lives of parents and siblingd. Well done Paddy for showing the facts for everyone.

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It was alreet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2022

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It was alreet. I'm not really a Paddy McGuinness fan tbh. I've always thought that he has stood on the shoulders of giants and can run with the hare and hunt with the hound. However, this book has changed my opinion somewhat. He does definitely know how to play the game, that comes across loud and clear, but he doesn't appear to be covert about it or kid himself - or attempt to kid others - that he is something he's not.

It was an enjoyable, easy read. A bit like sitting in the pub with your mates and one of their friends (who you sort of know through them) walks in, sits down and the pair start reminiscing. The tales that start to flow are all of that nature. Like I said, enjoyable, amusing and relateable if you are from a similar background, but also tinged with the sadness which comes to us all in life and which PMcG does not shy away from exploring.

Also, I am going to see if Dave Spikey has written a memoir. I've read Peter Kay's and now Paddy's take on things, so it will be interesting to see what he has to say himself.

I'll give the book 4 stars because it should have either been longer at this price or less than a tenner for the Kindle version. It's not like you can pass it on to anyone else like you can with a hard copy. Paddy will appreciate that...he would probably have found some way of nicking it or have got a snide version off the market or some bloke down the pub.

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