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Dear Fatty

The hilarious and heartwarming memoir from one of Britain's best-loved comedians

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Dear Fatty

By: Dawn French
Narrated by: Liza Tarbuck
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A SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

The hilarious and heartwarming memoir from one of Britain's best-loved comedians and Women's Prize longlisted author, Dawn French.

Dawn French is one of the greatest comedians of our time with a career that has spanned nearly four decades. Loved for her irreverent humour, Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes. Here, she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasure.

As part of the much loved duo French and Saunders, Dawn helped create a repertoire of brilliantly observed characters, impersonating everything from Madonna and Harry Potter to The Exorcist. Dawn's iconic role in the Vicar of Dibley showcased not only her talent but also her ability to take a controversial and topical issue and make it mainstream - and very funny.

From her early years as an RAF child and her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism and her marriage to Lenny Henry, Dear Fatty chronicles the extraordinary and hilarious rise of a complex, dynamic and unstoppable woman.

© Dawn French 2008 (P) Penguin Audio 2008

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I loved this book! It is incredibly funny and delightful. Liza Tarbuck did a wonderful job, I could listen to her all day. This book is filled with beautiful, honest, and somewhat familiar stories which I could easily relate to. Thanks Dawn for sharing this intimate part of your life with me.

absolutely loved it

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Thank you, you beautiful, funny, wise and truly special being . That was incredibly moving. But just what I needed.

Dear Dawn

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I cannot deny that I am a little disappointed that this was not narrated by the fantastic, beautiful and all around amazing Dawn French but it would be remiss of me to refuse to accept the talent of Liza Tarbuck (if not Dawn then I do not know anyone who could have done it better).

You really get a sense of how Dawn French thinks and processes things along with feeling like you really get to know her past her talented character acting, wild physical transformations and hilarious comic relief. Dawn really has had a very lived life and now I feel I understand her as a human more than a celebrity.

Grab a glass of wine and get comfortable for a night in full of laughs, tears (happy & sad) though if you are like me grab-the-bottle and enjoy the wonderful narration and excellently written book that is "Dear Fatty".

An absolute gem.

An Intimate Night In

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Sometimes funny but it will make you cry too. Wonderful memiors of an amazing lady.

Thoroughly enjoyable!!

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I was an Interesting, enjoyable book. It was well narrated and easy to listen to.

Enjoyable book, well narrated.

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