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'Hannah Gadsby always dreamt of being a cool kid, but she had to accept that, just like her childhood dream of being a dog, 'normal' isn't always possible. In the vein of David Sedaris, Hannah's memoir is a series of interlinked stories that draw together the varied funny and sometimes dark events of her life. The result is a deeply personal, astutely observed, sometimes devastating but frequently hysterically funny book.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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Hannah Gadsby on Her Memoir, Ten Steps to Nanette, and How Her Autism Diagnosis Changed Her Life
2022
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022; -
The Nanette Turn : A Stand-up Comic Defies Convention
2022
single work
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 443 2022; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Ten Steps to Nanette 2022 single work autobiography'Hannah Gadsby’s show Nanette (2017–18) starts out funny but then shifts to long, angry monologues that refuse its audience the release of laughter. By breaking the conventional contract between a comedian and her audience, Gadsby rejected her own former practice of turning her traumatic experiences into jokes. Nanette’s international run and subsequent release as a Netflix special spanned the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, which gauged public support for marriage equality, as well as the international #MeToo movement against sexual assault. As high-profile performers such as Louis C.K. and Bill Cosby respectively admitted to and were tried for sexual misconduct, comedians became important figures in public debates about the relationship between artists and their work. Gadsby brought to these debates the perspective of a gender non-conforming lesbian and sexual assault survivor from rural Tasmania. Nanette became an emblem of queer and feminist anger or – depending on one’s point of view – of the humourless, politically correct ‘cancel culture’ many comedians rail against.' (Introduction)
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Good Punch in the Guts
2022
single work
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 April 2022; (p. 16)
— Review of Ten Steps to Nanette 2022 single work autobiography -
In ’10 Steps to Nanette’ Hannah Gadsby Goes from Stage to Page
2022
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— Appears in: The New York Times , 15 April 2022;'With the unfortunate exception of menus and checkouts, the idea of ”disruption” now feels like a prepandemic phenomenon. But Hannah Gadsby breathes new life into the concept in her bestselling book, “Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation,” which takes the usual look-back-everything format and gives it a few worthwhile tweaks.' (Introduction)
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Hannah Gadsby Navigates the Mirror Maze of Trauma as an Autistic, Gender Queer Comedian
2022
single work
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 April 2022;'There is a moment in Hannah Gadsby’s Ten Steps To Nanette that spoke so eloquently about an experience I have never quite been able to articulate that I had to put the book down and go make a cup of tea. Recalling her upbraiding by an art teacher following her submission of a fact-filled essay,'
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Hannah Gadsby : Ten Steps to Nanette
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 2-8 April 2022;
— Review of Ten Steps to Nanette 2022 single work autobiography'Hannah Gadsby’s memoir Ten Steps to Nanette covers her life from her childhood up to Nanette, the Netflix stand-up that shot her to global fame. However, she says very clearly she doesn’t want this book to be seen as “rags to riches inspiration porn”.'
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Good Punch in the Guts
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 April 2022; (p. 16)
— Review of Ten Steps to Nanette 2022 single work autobiography -
The Nanette Turn : A Stand-up Comic Defies Convention
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 443 2022; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Ten Steps to Nanette 2022 single work autobiography'Hannah Gadsby’s show Nanette (2017–18) starts out funny but then shifts to long, angry monologues that refuse its audience the release of laughter. By breaking the conventional contract between a comedian and her audience, Gadsby rejected her own former practice of turning her traumatic experiences into jokes. Nanette’s international run and subsequent release as a Netflix special spanned the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, which gauged public support for marriage equality, as well as the international #MeToo movement against sexual assault. As high-profile performers such as Louis C.K. and Bill Cosby respectively admitted to and were tried for sexual misconduct, comedians became important figures in public debates about the relationship between artists and their work. Gadsby brought to these debates the perspective of a gender non-conforming lesbian and sexual assault survivor from rural Tasmania. Nanette became an emblem of queer and feminist anger or – depending on one’s point of view – of the humourless, politically correct ‘cancel culture’ many comedians rail against.' (Introduction)
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Hannah Gadsby Navigates the Mirror Maze of Trauma as an Autistic, Gender Queer Comedian
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 April 2022;'There is a moment in Hannah Gadsby’s Ten Steps To Nanette that spoke so eloquently about an experience I have never quite been able to articulate that I had to put the book down and go make a cup of tea. Recalling her upbraiding by an art teacher following her submission of a fact-filled essay,'
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In ’10 Steps to Nanette’ Hannah Gadsby Goes from Stage to Page
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: The New York Times , 15 April 2022;'With the unfortunate exception of menus and checkouts, the idea of ”disruption” now feels like a prepandemic phenomenon. But Hannah Gadsby breathes new life into the concept in her bestselling book, “Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation,” which takes the usual look-back-everything format and gives it a few worthwhile tweaks.' (Introduction)
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Hannah Gadsby on Her Memoir, Ten Steps to Nanette, and How Her Autism Diagnosis Changed Her Life
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022;
Awards
- 2023 shortlisted Booksellers Choice Award BookPeople Book of the Year — Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year
- 2023 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Biography of the Year
- 2023 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Audiobook of the Year
- 2023 longlisted Indie Awards — Nonfiction
- 2022 shortlisted Dymocks Book of the Year — Book of the Year