The audacity

From the star of the hit Netflix series The Duchess comes a brilliantly funny, fiercely honest, and dangerously astute handbook of life instruction. ‘I’ve come to accept that being audacious is a gift I can’t escape’ People ‘know’ my on-stage comedy persona or my scripted ballsy characters and wrongly assume that at home, I must stomp around all day in designer dresses eviscerating those who dare to cross my path and denouncing the existence of men in general. But mostly, I’m just sat eating pickles and being nice to some dogs. Whatever strangers think of me is fine with me. How audacious is that? I can always take a joke, I don’t waste time worrying about things I can’t control, and I have zero anxiety. I embrace the reality that you just can’t please everyone, so you might as well put yourself out there and have a laugh. As my mother always said, ‘Katherine,... From the star of the hit Netflix series The Duchess comes a brilliantly funny, fiercely honest, and dangerously astute handbook of life instruction. "I’ve come to accept that being audacious is a gift I can’t escape." People "know" my on-stage comedy persona or my scripted ballsy characters and wrongly assume that I must stomp around all day in designer dresses eviscerating those who dare to cross my path. But mostly, I’m just sat eating pickles and being nice to some dogs. Whatever strangers think of me is fine with me. How audacious is that? I can always take a joke, I don’t waste time worrying about things I can’t control. I embrace the reality that you just can’t please everyone, so you might as well put yourself out there and have a laugh. As my mother always said, "Katherine, if we all liked the same thing, we’d all be married to your father." I’m often asked how I developed my lurid level of courage and assurance and for tips on how others can match. The Audacity is my chance to share my blueprint for just that. You will learn: • How To Be the Most Popular Girl in School • How to Waste All Your Money on Designer Dogs • How To Attract Toxic Men... AND Keep Them Interested! And so much more... Secrets are my favourite things to be told and I figured I’d better tell a few juicy ones myself, too. Why not? No matter what I do, there will always be something about me that reads as simply, outrageously audacious. "From the star of the hit Netflix series The Duchess comes a brilliantly funny, fiercely honest, and dangerously astute handbook of life instruction. Audacity: willingness to take bold risks, or rude or disrespectful behaviour. (Really, it is up to you to decide which) Ever wondered how to potty train a ten month old? How to try (and fail) to make Kourtney Kardashian your best friend? How to go to work when you've just had a miscarriage? Katherine Ryan can tell you all this and so much more. Over ten years ago she arrived in the UK as a naive Hooters waitress with skin-coloured hair and hair-coloured skin. Far away from all friends and family, she turned 25, the economy crashed, she gave birth to her British daughter, and said daughter's father turned out to be whatever a nice way of saying 'loser' is. Single and trapped in a foreign country, things got tough. Through tenacity, audacity and gratitude, she has now done a reverse Meghan Markle, and is ready to assume her rightful status as the nation's sweetheart. Covering the ups, the downs, the dead ends and the good (and the bad) work, Katherine Ryan's publishing debut is a meticulously funny look at quite how far a Canadian with a designer dog obsession can go, and how far you could go, too."-- Provided by publisher