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Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly

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peter_fischer's review against another edition

3.0

Apparently, Billy Connolly dictated this book into an app on his phone but the app didn’t understand his Glaswegian accent, so in the end his family had to help him transcribe the whole thing! In fact reading the autobiography is just like listening to the Big Yin. Some great stories, also some sad ones that would have been difficult for him to talk about.

tashferatu's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

craftyknotwitch's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

4.0

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dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Listen to the audiobook; to hear Billy deliver his own words made the book. Some very sad moments and times when I was laughing out loud, and I’m not a person who laughs easily. I loved his passion for Scotland and Glasgow particularly, and his self belief. This is a story of a man who could have been destroyed by his childhood circumstances but he managed to carve out an incredibly successful career in comedy and movies, and a loving family life through his enjoyment in hobbies and seeing the joy in the characters in life.

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