Oh Dear Silvia

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A woman. A coma. A family. A secret. Silvia Shute lies in a hospital bed. Family and friends are at her side, each thinking they know the real Silvia. But do they? For Silvia hides a secret. And as her visitors gather, so the truth about Silvia is slowly revealed . . . 'Side-splitting. A darkly humorous tale that will make you laugh with delight.' Heat 'Written with serious intent, both literary and thematically- Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on.' Guardian 'Brilliance. Orchestrating the blackly comic and absurd with the realities of death and mania, French reveals an almost faultless ear.' Sunday Times 'If you enjoyed A Tiny Bit Marvellous you will love Oh Dear Silvia.' RedA woman. A coma. A family. A secret. Silvia Shute lies in a hospital bed. Family and friends are at her side, each thinking they know the real Silvia. But do they? For Silvia hides a secret. And as her visitors gather, so the truth about Silvia is slowly revealed . . . 'Side-splitting. A darkly humorous tale that will make you laugh with delight.' Heat 'Written with serious intent, both literary and thematically- Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on.' Guardian 'Brilliance. Orchestrating the blackly comic and absurd with the realities of death and mania, French reveals an almost faultless ear.' Sunday Times 'If you enjoyed A Tiny Bit Marvellous you will love Oh Dear Silvia.' Red
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.