{"product_id":"call-me-mrs-brown","title":"Call Me Mrs Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGive them a feckin'' great time with the hilarious and remarkably honest autobiography from the star of Mrs Brown''s Boys, Brendan O''Carroll\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of humour born of pain, success wrung from adversity and of the steely ambition beneath the affable exterior\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSunday Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''What? What is it?''\u003cbr\u003e ''You''re colour-blind.''\u003cbr\u003e Nothing? Nothing? I was aghast.\u003cbr\u003e ''But that could be dangerous. I mean, when I start to drive how will I be able to tell traffic lights?''\u003cbr\u003e ''I''ll give you a hint, son, the red one is on the forking top.''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBefore he became the nation''s favourite Mammy, Brendan O''Carroll was known simply as Brendan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The youngest of ten children from a poor family in Dublin, Brendan left school at the mere age of 12 to begin what would become a long and varied working life. He would go on to be a waiter, a publican, a window cleaner and a publisher amongst other jobs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Throughout the tough moments, Brendan always had humour and a good story to tell alongside the ever-guiding inspiration of his own Mammy, a formidable figure who became Ireland''s first female Labour MP. His hope and determination meant he never gave up, and eventually a chance opportunity to perform stand-up would pave the way for the TV show that would become ''Mrs. Brown''s Boys''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In his own unique voice, Brendan O''Carroll strings together the threads of his life, a helter-skelter story tracing the helter-skelter journey of a scrawny kid from Finglas, Dublin to TV screens around the world, told with warmth, humour, a touch of mischievousness - and more than a few coincidences.\u003cbr\u003e __________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57396155515262,"sku":"NW9780241483701","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241483701.jpg?v=1781013925","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/call-me-mrs-brown","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}