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The Misadventures of Polly Gillespie
- Reports from a Riotous Life
- Narrated by: Polly Gillespie
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Publisher's Summary
With a great deal of humour and honesty, Polly Gillespie walks the listener through some of the ups and downs of life, with advice, warnings and stories simply involving the awkwardness of being Polly. (She says that at the very least these will make you feel normal.)
She has been on radio and in magazines continuously since 1991, and is a much-loved personality whose escapades and down-to-earth advice to others have fascinated and entertained listeners for many years.
With empathy and self-deprecation, plus a world of experience, she hopes to make you feel better about your own misadventures, and by way of her unfortunate experiments with life, she might even prevent you from going through some of the same things.
If nothing else, you will get some great yarns from someone who apparently has resilience and experience, but more likely bad eyesight, an open mind and a warm heart.
Hang on tight. It's going to be quite a ride!
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- Anonymous User
- 02-08-2022
It’s not a memoir
It’s more like a book of pollyisms. Similar to the type of chat you hear if you tune into her on the radio. It’s not a bad book, nicely written and expertly performed by Polly but it isn’t what I expected (says more about me than the author). It is not a memoir - if you go in not expecting a memoir you will probably enjoy it.
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