The Instant Sunday Times bestselling memoir from comedian Katherine Ryan.
Katherine Ryan was born fuming, nine months after her parents’ wedding, and has been in charge ever since. In this hilarious, whip-smart memoir, she diagnoses herself – and probably you – with ‘Firstborn Daughter Syndrome’: the widely unrecognised condition that turns women into over-functioning, over-achieving, over-it planners of everyone else’s lives.
Equal parts stand-up set and group therapy session, Firstborn Daughter runs through motherhood, marriage, fame, beauty, and a very long list of famous women (Beyoncé, Oprah, Hillary Clinton) who never had a choice either. It’s part social commentary, part survival guide for daughters.
You’ll laugh. You’ll recognise your group chat. You’ll finally feel diagnosed. Firstborn Daughters, we’ve got it.
