Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the children's novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her 'My, What I Call, Live Show'. Instagram @realmirandahart
A raw and poignant account. Miranda is more of an everywoman than ever before * The Times * A bombshell, moving, inspirational. Hart passes on the tips that helped her emerge from psychological as much as physical doldrums. No comedian, female or male, has been so taken to the nation’s bosom since Victoria Wood * Independent * A wonderful book, filled with treasure * Julia Samuel, psychotherapist and bestselling author * The wisest, kindest, bravest, most forgiving and generous book. A manual for gentleness * Isabella Tree * Irrepressible and joyous. Taking us affectionately by the hand, Miranda takes us through her ten-year journey to deep self-knowledge. Along the way she picks up treasures, smashes old patterns of behaviour, and works out a code for how to live and what life's priorities should be. She describes memorable escapades from her past and can't repress her inner funniest girl in the dorm self * Daily Mail * Packed with optimism and wisdom * i * Miranda's account of slowly letting her guard down and being vulnerable is sweet and moving, and proof that happiness is possible even in the most trying times * Guardian * A memoir and a guide for those in a similar scenario, or indeed anyone feeling crushed and exhausted by modern life * inews.co.uk * This book is a real gem for therapists to recommend to clients. A rich introduction to some of the best self-help strategies from a trusted and much-loved icon. All the more powerful to read how Miranda discovered them via her own health crises; a painful read were it not softened by her comedic take on life's trials. * Dr Christine Dunkley, Consultant DBT Trainer *