Janey Godley is publishing her first novel in May about a woman's struggle with cancer - which was written before her own cancer diagnosis late last year.
The comedian has already achieved critical acclaim for her own bestselling biography Handstands In The Dark, the memoir of her shockingly tough and abusive Glasgow childhood.
She finished writing her debut fictional work in the summer - before her own ovarian cancer diagnosis in November.
Nothing Left Unsaid is set in Glasgow between 1976 and 2019 with a woman, Senga, asking her family to see her in hospital as she reaches the end of a battle with cancer.
She sends her eldest daughter Sharon to read her diary, determined to share a secret that she’s been holding on to for 40 years, and revealing the story of 5 women determined to survive against the odds.
The journey into her mother’s past is both shocking and surprising, forcing Sharon to re-evaluate her own childhood, her marriage and what she wants the future to hold.
Some, though happily not all of the art, spookily mirrors life in the book which will be published by Hodder & Stoughton on May 12.
Janey, whose Nicola Sturgeon viral voice-over videos captivated the nation and beyond said the book was her “favourite project” during the lockdown period.
The book is extremely funny but also very moving, and has an urgent mystery woven through its pages.
Janey who lives in Glasgow with her husband and daughter Ashley Storrie who is also a successful comedian said of her new novel: "This book saved my life during lockdown and gave me focus to write a love letter to all those women I grew up with in Glasgow.
"Writing in lockdown was hard and my brain kept freezing, but I really hope that I can transport people back to Glasgow in the 70’s which wasn’t all bad. This is my first novel and I hope you all enjoy it."
Rowena Webb form Hodder said: "I am hugely proud to be publishing Janey Godley’s brilliant fiction debut. Janey is the rarest of writers who can make you laugh out loud as well as move you to tears.
Her characters in the 70s Glasgow they inhabit are so vividly real, just as you laugh your heart breaks for them too. We look forward to bringing her all success."
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