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Oh Dear Silvia

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141046358

  • Length: 432  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 300g

  • RRP: £8.99

Oh Dear Silvia

Dawn French, number one bestelling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous returns with Oh Dear Silvia.

Everyone knows the real Silvia, don't they?

Silvia Shute lies in hospital in a coma. Family and friends gather at her bedside, each thinking they know the real Silvia. But do they? For Silvia hides a secret. One she can never tell. And as her visitors congregate so the truth about Silvia is slowly revealed. Again, and again and again . . .

Oh Dear Silvia is the brand new novel from one of Britain's most loved comic writers and the number one bestselling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous.

'Hilarious. My top book . . .' The Times

'Side-splitting, darkly humorous' Heat

'Written with serious intent, both literary and thematically: Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on' Guardian

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141046358

  • Length: 432  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 300g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • Beautifully observed. Makes you laugh on every page

    The Times

  • Hilarious. Chortle-out-loud turns of phrase, razor-sharp observations

    Stylist

  • Really enjoyable and highly recommended. Dawn French is a wonderful writer - witty, wise and poignant

    Daily Mail

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About the Author

Dawn French

Dawn French has been making people laugh for 30 years. As a writer, comedian and actor, she has appeared in some of this country's most long-running and celebrated shows, including French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley, Jam and Jerusalem, and more recently, Roger and Val Have Just Got In. Her first three novels, A Tiny Bit Marvellous, Oh Dear Silvia and According to YES, are all Sunday Times bestsellers.

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Download a free activity from Dawn French's Me. You. A Diary

Me. You. A Diary is not only full of Dawn French's hilarious thoughts on life - it's also packed with fun, creative activities to help you reflect on what makes you happy. Why not give one a go right now?
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According to Yes

As a teenager Dawn French worked as a 'pants' Mary Poppins in New York. Here she reveals how that inspired her novel According to Yes
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