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Bumps in the Road: A Memoir

Life and Adventure in Bike-Size Chunks

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Bumps in the Road: A Memoir

By: Maria McErlane
Narrated by: Maria McErlane
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Maria McErlane is best known for appearing in The Fast Show, Killing Eve, Eastenders, Fat Friends, HIGNFY, Holby City, as the voice of Eurotrash and her weekly contributions as agony aunt on the Graham Norton radio show. Her memoir details a warm and witty, sometimes difficult ride through life. For Maria, navigating life in all its glory has been accompanied by a steady stream of bicycles.

No rule book, just a love of the new and a passion for the open road.

Maria details a warm and witty, sometimes difficult ride through childhood, friendships, wealth, fame, reinvention, love and loss.

Each bike, each revolution, has contributed to her own evolution and the lessons she has learned along the way.

Bumps in the Road gives us the same honesty and humour Maria employs for the many listeners seeking advice in her thirteen years as an agony aunt with Graham Norton.

The wheel goes up and the wheel goes down. Happy or sad, life is full of joy, mishaps and annoying obstacles. It’s important to get back in the saddle, keep pedalling up that hill and freewheeling down the other side!

©2023 Maria McErlane & Great Northern Books (P)2024 Maria McErlane & Great Northern Books Memoir Witty Feel-Good Funny Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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I really loved this book, I didn’t know much about Maria apart from radio 2. Maria has lead a fascinating life with some great anecdotes from 80s and 90s. She obviously has a lot of ‘famous people’ encounters but doesn’t brag about this which is really refreshing. It is a very heartwarming read/ listen!. It is well written and brilliantly voiced. Well done Maria!

Really enjoyable

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A lovely cycle through a fairly regular life, full of self deprecating anecdotes accompanied by may wise words, when you fall off you just have to get back on and keep peddling. I loved it, and having the lovely Maria's voice reading it has made up for missing her on the radio!

Ironically, how life is full of bumps in the road..more like potholes these days!

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Heartwarming and hilarious - this is a joy to listen to and I got to the end in no time

A fabulous listen

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I loved this, could listen to Maria all day. What an amazing life. I love cycling too and it was amazing that Maria wrote about all the bikes in her life. What a lady.

Amazing life.

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Have loved Maria for many years and couldn’t wait to hear her book. It did not disappoint. Learned a lot about her life and she made me laugh.

Funny and moving

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Maria tells an entertaining story of her life which will make you laugh and cry. Maria has been through so much yet has a wonderfully positive outlook on life and radiates joy. Thank you for sharing with us Maria ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What a life!

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If you’re a fan of Maria and her work with Graham, you’ll love listening to her tell stories from her life, all filled with good humour and wisdom! 5 Stars!

Like listening to a friend tell their life story…

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Oh how I so enjoyed this lovely persons’ tale of experiences, outlook of life and joyous candor and love of things available to us as human beings, be it happy or sad. I’ve admired Ms McCurlaine for years, I’ve found her very appealing to listen to and she does command your attention, and this book delivers exactly as I would have hoped.
Honest, humble when appropriate, realistic and not hiding behind famous trappings of her friends, and I have found her love affair with bicycles simply heart melting. I adore her and this book, it’s a boost for anyone and so enjoyable, entertaining and just ruddy marvellous. Bravo.

What a beautiful book

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Moving, funny and beautifully read, Thanks Maria. Your honest account of grief brought back the unexpected loss of my beloved husband. Truthful and insightful

I loved it

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So lovely to learn about Maria, from herself. I’d only known her from Graham’s shows, so now can see her full qualifications!

Thank you for sharing and I really connected with a lot. Keeeeeeeeep pedalling!

A wonderful listen

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