You can't "rate" something like this novel because it's deeply personal. The star rating (5 stars on Hardcover) I've given it is a reflection of the experience of listening - because it was worth every single second of time. Funny and utterly devastating in parts, there's echoes of the structure of Nanette the show in Ten Steps to Nanette.
Would highly, strongly and persistently recommend ANYONE who thinks that #metoo, or how we react / treat "difference" isn't an issue listen to this. (Or just simply everyone listen to this because it's such an important perspective). It's also a rather telling call on the oft-mentioned / never resolved utterly appalling behaviour of keyboard wankers (they're so far from warriors I can't begin to find a better word for them).
Ten Steps to Nanette
Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the defining moments in her life that led to the creation of Nanette and her powerful decision to tell the truth—no matter the cost.
'There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.' —Hannah Gadsby, Nanette
Gadsby's unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her blistering honesty and her ability to create both tension and laughter in a single moment. But while her worldwide fame might have looked like an overnight sensation, her path from open mic to the global stage was hard-fought and anything but linear.
Ten Steps to Nanette traces Gadsby's growth as a queer person from Tasmania—where homosexuality was illegal until 1997—to her ever-evolving relationship with comedy, to her struggle with late-in-life diagnoses of autism and ADHD, and finally to the backbone of Nanette: the renouncement of self-deprecation, the rejection of misogyny, and the moral significance of truth-telling.
Equal parts harrowing and hilarious, Ten Steps to Nanette continues Gadsby's tradition of confounding expectations and norms, properly introducing us to one of the most explosive, formative voices of our time.
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