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Middle-Aged Women Get Sh*t Done by Lucy Porter

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Middle-Aged Women Get Sh*t Done

Narrator
Lucy Porter
Publisher
Headline
Publish Date
13 August 2026
Run Time
6 hours 44 minutes
Format
Audiobook

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What to expect

'Funny, clever and entertaining'
JO BRAND

'One of our funniest people. She doesn't just get sh*t done, she'll make you cry with laughter while she does it. A brilliant read'
CARIAD LLOYD

'Like Lucy herself, her hilarious book brims with glee and laser-sharp observation'
MEL GIEDROYC

'One of the most consistently brilliant and hilarious comics of our generation'
SARAH KENDALL

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It's 8.31am and you've already responded to a dozen of your boss's deranged overnight work emails, got your kids off to school in something approximating a uniform, unblocked the shower drain with your actual bare hands and sorted out your mum's supermarket order crisis.

Congratulations, you are a middle-aged woman who is getting sh*t done.

We all know it: midlife women are the glue that binds society together. We are invincible, all-powerful, and you mess with us at your peril. But we're also quite knackered and we'd like a break please. In this hilarious and irreverent manifesto, Lucy Porter steers us through the trials of being the exhausted meat in the middle of the sandwich generation with her trademark wit, warmth and a hefty dose of righteous rage.

Part celebration, part rallying cry, this is a call to arms: women, put down your to-do lists and let someone else take on all the crap for a bit.

Critics Review

  • Whip-smart and very funny. A long overdue love letter to women in midlife.

    SUE PERKINS

  • Lucy Porter is one of our funniest people. She doesn't just get sh*t done, she'll make you cry with laughter while she does it. A brilliant read

    CARIAD LLOYD

  • I got no sh*t done while reading this. Girl, it was worth it.

    RIA LINA

  • Like Lucy herself, her hilarious book brims with glee and laser-sharp observation

    MEL GIEDROYC

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  • Good bedtime reading if you're pissed off with the prevailing portrayal of middle-aged women. And it's funny and direct with a light touch. You don't have to read it in bed though. Rage away!

    JO BRAND

  • The usual excellence from Ms Porter

    LIZA TARBUCK

  • Lucy is one of the most consistently brilliant and hilarious comics of our generation. And I'm not just saying that because she's been my dearest friend for over seventy years

    SARAH KENDALL

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Details

Author
Lucy Porter
Narrator
Lucy Porter
Duration
6 hours 44 minutes
Release Date
13 August 2026
ISBN
9781035441594
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Headline
Genre
Humour, Feminism and feminist theory, Gift and novelty books / items

Synopsis

'Funny, clever and entertaining'JO BRAND'One of our funniest people. She doesn't just get sh*t done, she'll make you cry with laughter while she does it. A brilliant read'CARIAD LLOYD'Like Lucy herself, her hilarious book brims with glee and laser-sharp observation'MEL GIEDROYC'One of the most consistently brilliant and hilarious comics of our generation'SARAH KENDALL_________It's 8.31am and you've already responded to a dozen of your boss's deranged overnight work emails, got your kids off to school in something approximating a uniform, unblocked the shower drain with your actual bare hands and sorted out your mum's supermarket order crisis.Congratulations, you are a middle-aged woman who is getting sh*t done.We all know it: midlife women are the glue that binds society together. We are invincible, all-powerful, and you mess with us at your peril. But we're also quite knackered and we'd like a break please. In this hilarious and irreverent manifesto, Lucy Porter steers us through the trials of being the exhausted meat in the middle of the sandwich generation with her trademark wit, warmth and a hefty dose of righteous rage.Part celebration, part rallying cry, this is a call to arms: women, put down your to-do lists and let someone else take on all the crap for a bit.

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