Captivatingly told and filled with enchantment, it made me glad I had known Annie and glad that I know Jo' -- Robin Ince 'A beautiful, bold portrait of a much-loved sister that will speak to everyone who has loved and lost and everyone who is yet to lose someone.

Like her stand-up, Jo Caulfield's caustic wit and razor-sharp observations make her account of life with her sister, even in the worst of times, as entertaining as it is touching and relatable. Annie devoted much of her life to writing about other people, those she believed to be far more interesting than her, the product of a boring, Anglo-Irish, itinerant Forces upbringing who never settled anywhere for long when they were young. Elsewhere, Annie shares a poignant encounter with a homeless Romanian man that really tugs at your heartstrings. They didn't fit in at the Air Force bases they were raised on or the strict convent boarding school they were sent to.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. She even chose ‘The History of Edinburgh’ as her specialist subject when she appeared on Celebrity Mastermind in 2017. Understandably, there's a sizeable part of the publishing industry devoted to well-meaning cancer memoirs.

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The title derives from the stand-up "being the younger sister, I was always wearing Annie's old clothes" she told BCG. Her TV credits include appearances on Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Royal Variety Show, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Richard Osman's House of Games, and she has written and starred in several series of her own on Radio 4.