Boy in a China Shop, Keith Brymer Jones
Boy in a China Shop, Keith Brymer Jones
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Boy in a China Shop
Perfect for fans of THE GREAT POTTERY THROW DOWN and OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM

Author: Keith Brymer Jones

Narrator: Keith Brymer Jones

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/03/2022


Synopsis

The inspirational memoir from the star of OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM and THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN

Readers LOVE Boy In A China Shop:
'What a brilliant book. Keith is so charming and funny and my goodness what a hard worker. I loved it. Get it and read it - enjoy.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book was enlightening and entertaining, full of laughs and heart. And of course with Keith, there's always going to be tears.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Really inspiring and relatable. A great read.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales - he's a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life - with joy, charm & mischief.' - Sara Cox

Ballet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on The Great Pottery Throw Down. How did all that happen?

'By accident mostly. But I always say we make our own luck. What if an art teacher hadn't given me a lump of clay? What if my band had properly taken off? What if I hadn't taken a photograph of a bowl to the buyer at Heals in London? What if she'd hated it? Or hadn't seen it...

Every chapter of my book is based around an object (usually a pot) that's been significant in my life. It's just a trigger to let me go off in a lot of different directions and tell a few stories. A lot of stories. Dyslexia. The art teacher who changed my life. My Mother. My Father. A life-changing job interview with a man who lay under his car throughout. *That* video. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, a quick search of 'Keith Brymer Jones Adele' should do it.)'

The end product? A warming, clever memoir of Keith's pottery life with some very loud music, some pretty good dancing, and a lot of throwing, fettling and firing. Oh ... and a good dose of anxiety.

About Keith Brymer Jones

Keith Brymer Jones is celebrated as the lead judge on the hit TV series The Great Pottery Throwdown and for fronting Our Welsh Chapel Dream with his partner Marj Hogarth.After an apprenticeship at Harefield Pottery, Keith started hand-making ceramics for retailers including the Conran Group, Habitat, Barneys New York, Monsoon and Heals, before creating the internationally famous Word range.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Becca on May 25, 2022

Highlights: Keith's lifelong connection with clay, the realities of life as a full time potter, the woven-in sections on ceramics history. Lowlight: the focus on the outsourcing and mass production that made Keith his name and money, which stands really awkwardly against his sadness in the penultimat......more

Goodreads review by Alex on July 29, 2023

A really enjoyable, light read. I found myself oddly teary towards the end, though that feels only appropriate considering Keith is proud to be a "man who cries" on national telly. As someone starting out in a freelance, creative career, I find the description of his early years as a self-employed p......more

Goodreads review by Andi on March 03, 2022

Informative, historical, touching and hysterical. I haven’t read an autobiography before and I’m so glad Keith was my first. A lesson that hard work pays and life is to be cherished. My lifelong love for everything ceramic has blossomed whilst reading this book and I (at the tender age of 52) am goin......more

Goodreads review by Mark on July 05, 2022

I discovered The Great Pottery Throwdown on HBO here in the US in January 2022 and binge-watched all five seasons in nothing flat. TGPT was a welcome respite from the seemingly endless procession of depressing news – inflation, Ukraine, mass shootings, Covid, climate change... TGPT was the antidote......more

Goodreads review by Katy on August 28, 2022

A fascinating account of a life lived fully by the master of clay, Keith Brymer Jones. It's a wonder to me that Brymer Jones ever sits down, except at the potter's wheel. He has lived in one lifetime, what most of us would be unable to achieve in several. A ferocious appetite for life and a driving......more