Product Description
Oh Dear Silvia
Author: Dawn French
Format: Paperback
The gloriously heartwarming novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Because of You
Discover the gloriously heartwarming and funny novel from No. 1 bestselling author of Women's Prize shortlisted Richard & Judy pick BECAUSE OF YOU, Dawn French
'A wonderful writer - witty, wise, poignant' — Daily Mail
'Hilarious. My top book' — The Times
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 . . .
Praise for Dawn French:
'Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour, very real and credible' — Bernardine Evaristo
'I adored it. So charming, wise and brilliantly written' — Marian Keyes
'Think the Vicar of Dibley, without the dog collar' — Independent
'Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on' — Guardian
'A fantastic slam-dunk pageturner. Funny, enriching . . . page after page I laughed out loud' — Mail on Sunday
'A hilarious snapshot of family life in the twenty-first century' — Sunday Times
'Extremely funny' — Sunday Times
'Side-splitting, darkly humorous' — HEAT
'Makes you laugh on every page' — The Times
'A brilliantly observed, very funny novel of family life' — Woman & Home
'Funny, really enjoyable, highly recommended' — Daily Mail
About the Author
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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