Old Rage

**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**'I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up' - Lorraine Kelly'Wise, witty, kind and true' – Sunday Times'A sparkling memoir as funny and insightful as it’s moving' – Daily Mail'A captivating memoir' – Mail on SundayA gloriously irreverent memoir from the frontline of old age - by the Sunday Times-bestselling author and legendary actorIn Old Rage, one of Britain’s best loved actors opens up about her ninth decade. Funny, feisty, honest, Sheila Hancock makes for brilliant company as she talks about her life as a daughter, a sister, a mother, a widow, an actor, a friend and looks at a world so different from the wartime world of her childhood. And yet – despite age, despite rage – she finds there are always reasons for joy.'The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade' - Guardian, Books of the Year 2022'Sheila Hancock reflects upon her life and career with all the winning candour and warm-heartedness we have come to expect from the legendary actress' - Waterstones

The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade, This book should be required reading for EVERYONE! I was belly laughing but also reduced to tears. Sheila is the wisest of women ... I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up, Sheila Hancock reflects upon her life and career with all the winning candour and warm-heartedness we have come to expect from the legendary actress, Sheila Hancock’s memoir Old Rage promises to be funny, feisty and honest, A warm and thoughtful memoirist ... Hancock discovers many reasons for joy and optimism - and you're quite likely to find yourself nodding in agreement with her.

Sheila Hancock, one of Britain’s most highly regarded and popular actors, received a Damehood for services to drama and charity in 2021. Since the 1950s she has enjoyed a career across film, television, theatre and radio. Her first big television role was in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade in the early 1960s. She has directed and acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Following the death of her husband, John Thaw, she wrote a memoir of their marriage, The Two of Us, which was a number one bestseller and won the British Book Award for Author of the Year. Her memoir of her widowhood, Just Me, also a bestseller, was published in 2007, followed by her bestselling novel Miss Carter’s War. She lives in London and France.