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Author: Celeste Barber
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genre: Fiction
Released: 24 September, 2018
ISBN: 9781460757116

Challenge Accepted!

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Synopsis

Funny woman, Instagram star and international comedy sensation, Celeste Barber's Challenge Accepted! is a hilarious and outspoken guide to life, unwanted gas and how to rock a sexy scar. It's real, like totally, really real.Actor, writer and comedian, Celeste Barber is one very funny woman - not to mention a global social media comedy phenomenon. Amassing over 3.8 million followers in three years with her hilarious #celestechallengeaccepted pics, she has been dubbed 'Australian Comedy Queen' by ABC Online; voted The Funniest Lady on Instagram; gone on sold-out comedy tours of the US; and won herself fans ranging from Tom Ford and Ruby Rose to Amy Schumer and Dawn French.In the tradition of Tina Fey's Bossypants, Challenge Accepted! is part memoir, part comedy routine, part advice manual. Calling out our ridiculous obsession with celebrity Instagram culture, Celeste reveals all, including her thoughts on keeping it real, the secrets to love, friendship, family and marriage ( oh hai, #hothusband), and how to deal with life's many challenges, like, motherhood, and what to do when your local bottle shipowner can't remember your name.Celeste is raucous, real and hilarious. Bring it on.

About the author

Celeste Barber

Actor, writer and comedian, Celeste Barber has been actively working in the entertainment industry for over a decade. Best known as paramedic Bree Matthews on All Saints she was a sketch writer/performer on The Matty Johns Show, and has had recurring roles on Home and Away, Wonderland and How Not to Behave. She had her own SMH web series Office Correctness and was co-writer and performer for ABC's Late Night Angel Weenie Babies. She has been a panelist on Have you Been Paying Attention and was a co-host on Studio 10. In 2015 she was a MICF Raw Comedy state finalist and sold out shows for both the Sydney Comedy and Fringe Festivals.#celestechallengeaccepted began in Jan 2015 as a fun experiment to see what it would look like for an average person to photograph herself doing rich people things. She now has over 3M followers on social media.