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