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Mrs Brown's Family Handbook
Mrs Brown's Family Handbook, the first and only official book from Brendan O'Carroll's brilliant comic creation, is filled with useful advice and gives us a unique look into the lives of the Brown family.
Millions of us have wondered how Agnes Brown does it. Keeping her end up while seven grown-up children tear about the fecking place like the eejits haven't got a home to go to.
Packed with Mammy's tips for keeping a perfect family, or at least a family, as well as contributions from her children, neighbours and other hangers on, Mrs Brown's Family Handbook dispenses advice in her own inimical fecking style.
You'll learn:
• why every mammy's secret weapon is the tea towel
• the dos and don'ts of cleaning up Granddad
• what Dermot doesn't know about farting (not much)
• what Winnie knows about seks (not enough)
• all about the Five-Sausages-A-Day Diet (hint: contains sausages)
• from Maria all about pain relief in child birth (if its free, take it)
The perfect gift for anyone in a large family - it's one present and cheap - or with no family at all (seeing what they're missing might cheer the miserable feckers up), Mrs Brown's Family Handbook is also ideal for anyone sick and tired of giving out bloody DVDs for Christmas.
Brendan O'Carroll is an Irish writer, producer, comedian, actor, director and author. He is best known for playing Agnes Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys, which won the best sitcom BAFTA in 2012. He has written four films and nine comedy shows, including The Course (1995), The Last Wedding (1999) and last year saw the release of his DVD for the live tour Good Mourning Mrs Brown. He has also published seven novels, including The Mammy, The Scrapper and The Young Wan - a number of which have been translated into 12 languages.
Millions of us have wondered how Agnes Brown does it. Keeping her end up while seven grown-up children tear about the fecking place like the eejits haven't got a home to go to.
Packed with Mammy's tips for keeping a perfect family, or at least a family, as well as contributions from her children, neighbours and other hangers on, Mrs Brown's Family Handbook dispenses advice in her own inimical fecking style.
You'll learn:
• why every mammy's secret weapon is the tea towel
• the dos and don'ts of cleaning up Granddad
• what Dermot doesn't know about farting (not much)
• what Winnie knows about seks (not enough)
• all about the Five-Sausages-A-Day Diet (hint: contains sausages)
• from Maria all about pain relief in child birth (if its free, take it)
The perfect gift for anyone in a large family - it's one present and cheap - or with no family at all (seeing what they're missing might cheer the miserable feckers up), Mrs Brown's Family Handbook is also ideal for anyone sick and tired of giving out bloody DVDs for Christmas.
Brendan O'Carroll is an Irish writer, producer, comedian, actor, director and author. He is best known for playing Agnes Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys, which won the best sitcom BAFTA in 2012. He has written four films and nine comedy shows, including The Course (1995), The Last Wedding (1999) and last year saw the release of his DVD for the live tour Good Mourning Mrs Brown. He has also published seven novels, including The Mammy, The Scrapper and The Young Wan - a number of which have been translated into 12 languages.
280 pages, Paperback
First published October 10, 2013
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About the author
Brendan O'Carroll
33 books223 followersBrendan O'Carroll is an Irish BAFTA-winning writer, producer, comedian, author, actor and director. A popular comedian in Ireland since the early 1990s, O'Carroll is best known internationally for portraying the foul-mouthed Irish matriarch Agnes Brown in Mrs. Brown's Boys. O'Carroll has written seven novels, including The Mammy (1994), The Chisellers (1995), The Granny (1996), The Scrapper (originally published as "Sparrows Trap", 1997) and The Young Wan (2003); a number of these have been translated into 12 languages and have been best sellers worldwide. He has also written four films and nine comedy shows. These include The Course (1995), Grandad's Sure Lilly's Still Alive (1997), The Last Wedding (1999), Mourning Mrs. Brown (2000), Mrs. Brown Rides Again (2004), For the Love of Mrs. Brown (2007), How Now Mrs. Brown Cow? (2009), and Good Mourning Mrs. Brown (2011).
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July 1, 2017
If you are a fan of Mrs Brown's Boys you will enjoy the book. It's written as Agnes says it :) Funny, clever and staying "in tune" with the show.
January 24, 2015
I picked this up as a light read to read through on a train journey. I completed half of it on the way there and the other half on the way back. I'm not a huge fan of Mrs Brown at all but my Nana enjoys it, so I'm often sat watching it with her. It's written exactly as Mrs Brown would say, some of it does make you giggle and others just cringe.
It's typically irish and just out there. It's very enjoyable and I'm sure even if you're not a fan of the show, you'll probably find something you'll enjoy in this.
Not a bad book! :)
It's typically irish and just out there. It's very enjoyable and I'm sure even if you're not a fan of the show, you'll probably find something you'll enjoy in this.
Not a bad book! :)
January 14, 2016
Side-splittingly hilarious. If you are a fan of the television series or live shows than this book is for you. O'Carroll has narrated it in his persona as Agnes Brown- proffering her advice on everything from cooking on a budget, to cleaning, to how to handle the in-laws.
You really need to have seen the series/be au fait with the character to fully understand and appreciate this one. Fans of Mrs Brown should roar with laughter throughout.
You really need to have seen the series/be au fait with the character to fully understand and appreciate this one. Fans of Mrs Brown should roar with laughter throughout.
January 1, 2014
This was another Christmas gift, and well worth it! I'm a relatively new Mrs Brown fan and this book didn't disappoint. Keeps very much with the tone of the show and is hilariously funny. Definitely worth a read if you're a fan!
December 26, 2013
This book is as colourful as all the cardigans that Mrs Agnes Brown (a.k.a 'Mammy' as we lovingly call her) wears on the hugely successful BBC television sitcom.
Each page is a treat, you never know what to expect and Mammy is 'bucking' so honest you cannot but help warm to her even more.
There are a lot of references to the three series broadcast over the past few years, so you would need to be (hardcore) fan to read it and enjoy it.
Each page is a treat, you never know what to expect and Mammy is 'bucking' so honest you cannot but help warm to her even more.
There are a lot of references to the three series broadcast over the past few years, so you would need to be (hardcore) fan to read it and enjoy it.
April 22, 2015
If you like the series then you are guaranteed to like the book. With nods to the show and hilarious cut aways this book is a perfect pick me up. My favourite part was the insurance claim form she had filled in for Dermot and Buster! It doesn't read well as a novel that you sit and read from beginning to end, I broke it up by reading a section at a time and then leaving it and going back to it when I needed a laugh.
February 1, 2014
some very good tips specially as the tea towel can be used as a weapon lol i enjoyed it a good funny read to make you laugh and cheer you up
January 2, 2015
Funny from beginning to end.
June 7, 2014
A funny book, to dip into,, Had me in hysterics,,
July 13, 2014
Brilliant! Lots of tips and advice from Mrs Brown in her own inimitable style. If you're a fan of the TV show, you'll know just what to expect from this book.
October 18, 2014
this book was boring i found it was unfunny
January 8, 2015
LOve love love all work by Brendan O'Carroll. So much talent for one human!
February 16, 2015
Love the book has so many different things in it from how to deal with cold callers to how to make a proper cuppa tea .
April 22, 2015
A funny read from Mrs Brown
December 15, 2017
who couldn't love mrs brown a spunky old lady who tells it like she sees it if you are a fan than its a book you must read.
January 18, 2018
a great book for mrs browns boys fans thought it was funny
July 13, 2018
Some good. Some meh. My version was too small. Some of the print was so feckin small, I couldn't read it!
September 3, 2018
Very, very funny. It certainly cheered me up! 😄 Brendan O’Carroll is a genius!
A must for any Mrs Brown fan or even just a comedy fan! 😊
A must for any Mrs Brown fan or even just a comedy fan! 😊
December 27, 2013
Good if you like the show but I don't really.
December 26, 2014
Feckin hilarious! I was disappointed when it ended. Long live Mrs. Brown!!!
October 29, 2014
A really funny book, love Mrs Brown - she's cool. :D
August 25, 2019
*2.5/3 stars!!
It's written the exact same way Mrs brown speaks in the tv series. I found it to be OK I think my expectations were too high I thought it would be the same as the TV series but it wasn't which was a let down.
I 100% prefer the TV version than the book.
It's written the exact same way Mrs brown speaks in the tv series. I found it to be OK I think my expectations were too high I thought it would be the same as the TV series but it wasn't which was a let down.
I 100% prefer the TV version than the book.
January 2, 2023
Such a funny read. This had me laughing my head of all the way though it. The book is so well written and the pictures and photos though out the book are also so funny. I really enjoyed this book so much. Xxxx
August 3, 2020
Such a funny book, covers everything from which tea towel to use, to bringing up children, to cooking potatoes.
Definitely worth a read, so light hearted
Definitely worth a read, so light hearted
January 3, 2025
This book made me laugh. Enjoyed it.
June 3, 2020
Definitely one of the funniest feckin' books I've had the pleasure to read in quite a while. Goes amazingly well with a nice mug of Irish Breakfast tea!!!!
July 22, 2019
A really amusing read for Mrs Brown's Boys fans, not much content but good for a quick laugh, a nice gift.
January 18, 2016
Installment #837 in my Mrs Brown's Boys binge, and due to my love of books written by fictional characters as if they're real (Leslie Knope - Pawnee!) I decided to give this a go. Overall, everything I've read so far relating to MBB has been mediocre at best - a mishmash of small bits which make me crack up laughing which don't gel well with each other. This is no different, but it was still absolutely worth a read.
The first couple of sections, about tea and teatowels, absolutely had me in stitches. The sections on cleaning and family occasions not so much. That said, I put it down for a couple of days to start something else, and when I picked it back up, I found it much funnier; so perhaps it is one not best read all at once, but rather one to dip in and out to when you find yourself in need of a laugh.
Definitely a good representation of Irish humour, just not a great one.
The first couple of sections, about tea and teatowels, absolutely had me in stitches. The sections on cleaning and family occasions not so much. That said, I put it down for a couple of days to start something else, and when I picked it back up, I found it much funnier; so perhaps it is one not best read all at once, but rather one to dip in and out to when you find yourself in need of a laugh.
Definitely a good representation of Irish humour, just not a great one.
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