{"product_id":"ten-steps-to-nanette","title":"Ten Steps to Nanette","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Multi-award-winning Hannah Gadsby broke comedy with their show \u003ci\u003eNanette\u003c\/i\u003e. In this \"enthralling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir, they take us through the defining moments in their life and their powerful decision to tell the truth--no matter the cost.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Hannah Gadsby's \u003ci\u003eSomething Special, \u003c\/i\u003enow streaming!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Hannah is a Promethean force, a revolutionary talent. This hilarious, touching, and sometimes tragic book is all about where their fires were lit.\"--Emma Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003e PopSugar, Vulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself,\" Hannah Gadsby declared in their show \u003ci\u003eNanette, \u003c\/i\u003e a scorching critique of the way society conducts public debates about marginalized communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGadsby grew up as the youngest of five children in Tasmania, where homosexuality was illegal until 1997. After moving to mainland Australia and receiving a degree in art history, they found themselves adrift, working itinerant jobs and enduring years of isolation punctuated by homophobic and sexual violence. When Gadsby was twenty-seven, a friend encouraged them to enter a stand-up competition. They won, and so began their career in comedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGadsby became well known for their self-disparaging humor, but in 2015, as Australia debated the legality of same-sex marriage, they started to question this mode of storytelling, beginning to work on a show that would transform their career and would become \"the most-talked-about, written-about, shared-about comedy act in years\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarrowing and hilarious, \u003ci\u003eTen Steps to Nanette\u003c\/i\u003e traces Gadsby's growth as a queer person, their ever-evolving relationship with comedy, and their struggle with late-in-life diagnoses of autism and ADHD, finally arriving at the backbone of \u003ci\u003eNanette: \u003c\/i\u003e the renouncement of self-deprecation, the rejection of misogyny, and the moral significance of truth-telling.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48835911614669,"sku":"9781984819802","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_71ccb425-1471-49cf-bd2e-a0c4f24dcaa4.jpg?v=1790988962","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/ten-steps-to-nanette","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}