Tertulia Logo
Sign upLog In
Cart Icon0
Cart Icon0
The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't, Josie Long

Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't

Josie Long

Hardcover
Regular price$25.00With free membership trial$12.5050% off your first book+ Free shipping
In Stock– Ships within one business day

Do you recommend this book?

Yes!

No

Reader Score

71%

71% of readers

recommend this book

From a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of stories

Three teenagers believe they are witches.
A woman defaces a local billboard.
A bored landlord tries to influence his son's best friend.
A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses eggs at length.
A heavily pregnant woman finds a way to time travel and a girl discovers joy on a stolen bicycle . . .

Each tale paints a life in miniature and offers an escape chute from the catastrophes of modern life.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • Publish Date: Feb 13rd, 2024
  • Pages: 208
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Main - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.60in - 5.20in - 1.00in - 0.71lb
  • EAN: 9781838856083
  • Categories: • Short Stories (single author)• Humorous - General• Women

About the Author

Josie Long is a writer and a stand-up comedian. She won the Best Newcomer award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has been nominated three times for Best Show. She was born in Kent in 1982 and studied English at Oxford University. She currently lives in Glasgow.

josielong.com @josielong

What people are saying

Praise for this book

"Josie Long is my favourite comedian and when reading these stories, all the cynicism I've acquired gets replaced by the enthusiasm I felt the first time I saw her live"--JAMES ACASTER
"Josie's writing is everything I love about her stand-up: sharp and smart, hilarious and incisive, infused with love for the world and the complicated people who live in it. A joy to read"--MONICA HEISEY
Josie Long's first collection reveals a natural gift with a frank and poignant tale; teenage experience, community WhatsApp groups and broken family units are picked apart with a wry cynicism at the weirdness and cruelty of life . . . makes for an approachable debut full of heart and hope-- "Observer"
No-one manages to mix the profound with the funny quite like Josie Long. She's not just the voice of a generation, she's it's head and heart too. Her writing is exquisite, her performances invigorating and inspirational. I could not love this woman more. She's just the best--BRIDGET CHRISTIE
Josie Long can REALLY write. Read these stories NOW--DAWN FRENCH
Her writing is miraculous. A dazzling debut--JOANNA LUMLEY
Josie's stories are like her comedy - beautifully observed, strange, good-hearted, unsettling and truly funny. Read them immediately--A. L. KENNEDY
I loved this short story collection. Funny, poignant, daft, and occasionally even hilariously cynical--FRANKIE BOYLE
Josie's stories are tender, devastating and hilarious, often all at the same time. Opening up this book is like skinny-dipping in the brain of a genius - I never wanted to come up for air--SOPHIE DUKER
I knew this book would be funny and relatable. I didn't know it would also be angry, heartbreaking and knife-sharp. I love these stories--KIRSTY LOGAN
Powerful, brutal and full of grace, Josie Long's debut is something to savor. Long's characters are desperate and in deep, deep trouble, dealing with everything from social alienation to a full on apocalypse. But her humour and empathy miraculously steers us towards triumph and redemption. I loved it--SIMON RICH
A scintillating read which dips and dives in the funniest of ways through the messiness of what it is to be alive--ISY SUTIE

What people are saying

See more