Jo Brand’s Novel Adapted for the Big Screen

Jo Brand is a former mental health nurse and currently works as a British comedian, actress, and writer. Her status as British national treasure was born from Brand’s comedy and television career where she fought against fatphobic misogynists to become one of the funniest British comedians of all time.

Jo Brand wrote four novels between 1996 and 2009 including the More You Ignore Me, a novel she recently adapted for film. The More You Ignore Me is a novel set in the 1980s and follows a family, and the community around them, as they struggle with the mother’s mental health issues.

The movie is released in July 2018.

“Alice is five, and convinced she needs five personalities to cope. Her family, tucked in a cottage in deepest Herefordshire, are a bit weird. Her mother Gina is obsessed with the weatherman on the local news and when she climbs naked onto the roof with Alice’s pet guinea pig in her arms, she is whisked off to the local psychiatric hospital. Keith, Alice’s father, tries to keep calm, but his patience is severely tested by his in-laws. The only thing that gives Alice’s hope is her love for Morrissey of The Smiths…”

The More You Ignore Me US

The More You Ignore Me UK