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Oh Dear Silvia

Dawn French talks us through her book, Oh Dear Silvia, and about forgiveness, love, and the loss of it

25 March 2015
Oh Dear Silvia

  • Oh Dear Silvia

  • Dawn French, number one bestselling 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.


    Praise for the book

    '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

  • Buy the book

Dawn French

Dawn French was born in Wales in 1957. She trained to be a drama teacher at London's Central School of Speech and Drama where she met Jennifer Saunders, leading to one of the most successful partnerships in British comedy. Dawn French has numerous television credits to her name, the most notable of which is her role in The Vicar of Dibley. She was married to the comedian Lenny Henry for 26 years with whom she has a daughter. In 2013 French married Mark Bignell.

Dawn French

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