Dawn French has been making people laugh for thirty years. On purpose. As a writer, comedian and actor, she has appeared in some of Britain's most long-running, cherished and celebrated shows, including French and Saunders, The Comic Strip Presents . . . , Murder Most Horrid, The Vicar of Dibley, Jam and Jerusalem, Lark Rise to Candleford and, more recently, Roger and Val Have Just Got In. Her number-one bestselling memoir, Dear Fatty, was published to critical acclaim in 2008. A Tiny Bit Marvellous, her first novel, was a great success, going straight to number one and selling over half a million copies. Oh Dear Silvia is her second novel. UK comedy star Dawn French is a judge for the 2013 series of Australia's Got Talent on the Nine Network.
A fantastic slam-dunk page-turner. Funny, enriching ... page after page I laughed out loud Mail on Sunday A hilarious snapsnot of family life in the twenty-first century Sunday Express Side-splitting, darkly humorous. It will make you laugh with delight Heat A brilliantly observed, very funny novel of family life Women and Home Extremely funny Sunday Times Hilarious. Chortle-out-loud turns of phrase, razor-sharp observations Stylist Makes you laugh on every page The Times Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on Guardian