I've poured my heart and guts on to the page and shared my soul in this book. This won't be for everyone but I hope it helps the people it does connect with. We all have stories and I think its useful to share them, I think it helps unite us and in some ways it helps us release some shame.

I've been alarmingly truthful and sincere, because I think society would be better if we could all be honest. I've of course used humour too, not as a way to cope (I've processed the darker things that have happened to me), but as a change in pace, some gorgeous light relief, because life is light and dark dancing together in the wind. And I love jokes.

'Here is a writer who knows her own voice and has the capacity to move from light to dark and back again with a deftness that catches your breath.' Fern Brady

'From the first page What Is That Lady Doing? had me squealing, howling and crying. No one else thinks, writes or behaves quite like Lou, and every single page is rammed with jokes and asides that are as frequent as they are funny. With enormous skill she brings a unique perspective to the kind of life events we all experience: growing up, heartbreak and difficult family dynamics. But what struck me most was how she interrogates moments of real trauma with an insight, kindness and humanity that very few comedians are capable of. In short, this is a book only Lou Sanders could have written and I loved it!' John Robins

'A beautiful piece of writing. Packed with an astonishing number of jokes per paragraph, all skilfully interwoven through touching, vulnerable and wise reflections on a life well lived. As funny, silly and profound as Lou herself' Brett Goldstein