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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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Didn’t grab me

I got to chapter 5. I didn’t enjoy it but maybe someone else will. Not my cup of tea.

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surprises galore. Very entertaining , well written

Loved it. The words flow so well and Dawn French's voice is like a good wine, full bodied, fruity, bubbly. it is so easy to listen to.

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Average

Found this story hard to get into but stuck it out. Wasn't thrilled about the ending & overall, quite boring. Also, couldn't relate to characters.

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Fab

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

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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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Disappointing, 50 Shades of Woman's Realm

I’m a big Dawn French fan, bought this immediately after listening to Locked Together. However, incredibly disappointing, tried to finishes however the veiled parenting/relationship/gardening tips & predictable sexual romps made it impossible.

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are you kidding?

would never have been published without the famous name of the author
tedious read unrealistic

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Disappointing

I am a Dawn French fan, but this book is full, predictable and after 4 hours I gave up, sonething I rarely do. The voices were very annoying and jarring and the characters not very likeable. My advice is give this one away.

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Brilliantly funny and a feel good novel!

The narrating was wonderful!
A story with characters you can definitely identify with in the real world. Became addictive to listen to after chapter 5. Really enjoyed the main character who was uplifiting, hilarious and pokes fun at the uppity! Great audible book!

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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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