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According to Yes

By: Dawn French
Narrated by: Dawn French, Jeff Harding, Jennifer Woodward, Kris Milnes, Tom Judd
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Publisher's Summary

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook addition of According to Yes, the hilarious new novel by Dawn French.

The Foreign Land of the Very Wealthy - otherwise known as Manhattan's Upper East Side - has its own rigid code of behaviour. It's a code strictly adhered to by the Wilder-Bingham family. Emotional displays - unacceptable. Unruly behaviour - definitely not welcome. Fun - no thanks. This is Glenn Wilder-Bingham's kingdom. A beautifully displayed, impeccably edited fortress of restraint.

So when Rosie Kitto, an eccentric 38-year-old primary school teacher from England, bounces into their lives with a secret sorrow and a heart as big as the city, nobody realises that she hasn't read the rule book. For the Wilder-Bingham family, whose lives begin to unravel thread by thread, the consequences are explosive. Because after a lifetime of saying no, what happens when everyone starts saying...yes?

©2015 Dawn French (P)2015 Penguin Audio

Critic Reviews

"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 21st century." ( Sunday Express)
"Extremely funny." ( Sunday Times)
"Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on." ( Guardian)
"Makes you laugh on every page." ( The Times)
"A brilliantly observed, very funny novel of family life." ( Woman and Home)
"Funny, really enjoyable, highly recommended. A wonderful writer - witty, wise, poignant." ( Daily Mail)

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Fab

I Just loved this light hearted story for a bit of fun, dawn is fantastic!

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Like a radio play

This was very entertaining to listen to. The storyline was vert improbable and predictable but helped a long trip go quickly.

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Maybe Yes

Dawn French's narration and infectious spirit really is what buoys this text, the storyline and themes are, in my opinion, limited, predictable and yes a bit trashy. It's like watching a TV movie, fine, but by no means amazing. It's not a comedy, nor is it a quintessential New York tale, for the most part it is confined within the apartment in which it is set. Her main protagonist is never flawed, she is almost annoyingly prefect in her optimism and always 'being true to thy self'. But on the up side I did find this novel a positive influence, and even if it is a bit cookie-cutter, or picture perfect, it quaint, easy and nice. French's performance is what you would expect, fantastic and full of body, however the chopping between narrative voices really detracts from the whole, unfortunately.

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Written with feeling

Nice story written with feeling and performed well. Slightly unbelievable but not so bad that you can’t suspend belief to enjoy the romp.

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Fantastic story of life lessons of letting go

Loved this book, the story, the characters and all the actors. Had me laughing out loud, cringing, wincing and yes plain nodding along. Yeah for Rosie, yay for living life!

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Brilliant. Funny. Heartfelt.

Hilariouslt funny at the most unexpected times. captures real life emotion at its best and sometimes most awkward. loved every moment. hope there is a sequel.

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I laughed out loud

This is such a charming story, and so funny, I had to laugh out loud while I was walking my dog and listening to the story.
I will not say anymore, just listen to it.

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A little bit more adult based at times but nonetheless amusing and clever. Great voicing by Dawn and the gang... but I wish we knew who the father was

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Fabulous story

Loved the story but found all of the different voices a bit hard to get used to. The voices for the young kids were dreadful!!!! If you are going to have so many different people doing voices at least use real kids not some adult doing a horrible job of kid voices. Also disappointed that the voice for Nicole Kidman had a Kiwi accent!! Really!!!!!

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Very funny book

Loved listening to this funny account t. We love Dawn French

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