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I'll Die After Bingo: The Unlikely Story of My Decade as a Care Home Assistant Hardcover – 16 Jun. 2022

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'From fearless and funny to heart-stoppingly raw' Evening Standard

Resident: I feel I want to keep talking.
Me: Of course! What do you want to talk about?
Resident: My heart.
Me: What about your heart?
Resident: I feel I want to touch it.
Me: Your heart? You want to touch your heart?
Resident: Yes, but I'm too frightened.
Me: What are you frightened about?
Resident: Everything. People. Things.
Me: What's frightening you at this very moment?
Resident: (Closes eyes). That I'll never be touched again. That I won't be able to get to my heart.
Me: Metaphorically?
Resident: More carrots please.

Whether he's initiating a coup d'état against new regulations with the residents, or forging a bond with the 98-year old who once called him a fat slut, Pope Lonergan's work is infinitely varied. This no-holds-barred account shows what life inside a care home is really like, for both residents and carers. Featuring night-time drama, incontinence pads and the uniquely dark humour of one double-amputee Alzheimer's patient, here you can learn everything you ever wanted to know (and a few things you probably really didn't) about Britain's care system.

This important memoir challenges us all to think differently about the value of our elderly, and also the carers who look after them.

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Ebury Press
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16 Jun. 2022
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16.2 x 2.9 x 24 cm
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1529109337
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Funny and moving... deeply affecting ― Daily Express

Blackly funny... enough to make you die laughing ― Daily Mail

Five out of five stars. This book does for care home workers what This Is Going to Hurt did for junior doctors... this isn't just a conscience-rebooting book. It's also blisteringly well written, deeply humane and very funny ― Daily Telegraph

Pope Lonergan is always very funny even when dealing with the most serious subject matter -- David Baddiel

Pope is such a kind, funny and erudite guide through a world many of us ignore. I hope people read the book. It can't possibly be what they think. It is exceptional ― Andrew Hankinson

About the Author

Pope Lonergan is a comedian, Quaker and (recovering) drug addict. He is also a care assistant. I'll Die After Bingo is his tough yet hilarious, intelligent and honest account of 9 ½ years caring of for the elderly.

Twitter: @PopeLonergan

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ebury Press (16 Jun. 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1529109337
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1529109337
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.2 x 2.9 x 24 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 24,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 54 in Cultural History Biographies
- 98 in Aging
- 148 in Medical Biographies

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Pope Lonergan is a stand-up comedian, author, Quaker, (recovering) drug addict and creator of ‘Pope’s Addiction Clinic’ and ‘The Care Home Tour’.

“Outrageous material [...] matched by a rambunctious delivery” ~ The Guardian

“From fearless and funny to heart-stoppingly raw ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” ~ Evening Standard

“Pope Lonergan is Plimmin’ and Lompin’ is a very honest piece of conversation [that’s] captivating, even when it teeters towards the nauseating” ~ The Big Issue

“The stories are awkward, humiliating, awful and hilarious, occasionally shocking but deeply compelling” ~ iNews

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ChrisintheNorth

Mildly amusing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2022

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Strange book that attempts to be amusing while staying on the woke side of sensitivity. The result feels like something that has been slightly throttled. There is as much of the writer’s self congratulation as there is about the residents themselves: proud of his career role, proud of his background, proud of his drug addiction, proud of his superior attitude towards the ‘elders’. He came across as insufferably self-satisfied, too good to be true and, sometimes, patronising. Perhaps, if the writer hadn’t stumbled his way through the narration in his congested, strangled estuary version of the English language it might have been an easier listen.

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Diane mather

Funny & uplifting book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2022

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Excellent book! Very funny & uplifting. Read it through in one day,it was that good! Read a book review of it in the Daily Mail,and just had to buy it.I'm a care home assistant myself so the book really appealed to me! How I would have loved to work alongside Pope,he'd of been a bundle of laughs,and it really helps to have a good sense of humour in this job. Would recommend this book not just to all in the care profession, but to everyone!

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J.Norcliffe

I 'll die after bingo please read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2022

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After 55 years as a nurse in all aspects of care.NHS.private and as a trainer in care, i Learned more from pope in 3 days than I thought possible. I would recommend this book to anyone with skin in the game and we ALL have skin in the game. A truly remarkable,
Insightful book more in line with the Jo.brand series than.Adam kaye. I would suggest Pope lectures at ALL schools of nursing. As a.one time senior lecturer.in the department of gerontology , I believe Pope could be a positive force for good, bringing back a much needed sense of how it is. I wish Pope a major success with this polemic on the current state of some of the private health care sector. Phil norcliffe nurse

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A Evans

An instant classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 July 2022

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When friends ask me what to read next, I will be suggesting this book until they’ve all read it too and passed it on. A truly refreshing perspective of work and life in the care industry with an unapologetic sense of humour in its tapestry that only Pope could deliver both sensitively and with the full force of a frying pan. I can’t put into words just how much I cherished reading this, and am sad now that I have finished. I hope the writer has plans for more books, he is an a tour de force.

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Hilarious!!! Could not put this book down.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2022

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Very very funny!!!!! You won’t be disappointed

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Mrs Sheila Feeley

This book has everything.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2022

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This book lived up to the praise given to it. It was honest, humorous, and dad at times. As a retired care home manager I can highly recommend it.

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Steven Whyley

Brilliant book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2022

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Bought for my wife who loved it and couldn’t put it down!

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jackie holmes

Brilliant, heartwarming realistic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2022

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This book is a very accurate portrayal.of working in care, the laughter, tears, long shifts, poor pay, but so rewarding....loved it

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