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Oh Dear Silvia

By: Dawn French
Narrated by: Dawn French, James Fleet, Llewella Gideon, Jack Lowden, James McArdle, Pauline McLynn, Maggie Steed, Ruby Turner
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The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Dawn Frenchs’ second brilliant novel, Oh Dear Silvia, featuring a full cast of readers including Gareth Armstrong, Jane Collingwood, Beattie Edmondson, James Fleet, Llewella Gideon, Jack Lowden, James McArdle, Pauline McLynn, Patrice Naiambana, Celine Rosa Tan, Maggie Steed, Ruby Turner, and Dawn herself.

Who is in Coma Suite Number 5? A matchless lover? A supreme egotist? A selfless martyr? A bad mother? A cherished sister? A selfish wife? All of these. For this is Silvia Shute, who has always done exactly what she wants. Until now, when her life suddenly, shockingly stops. Her past holds a terrible secret, and now that she is unconscious in a hospital bed, her constant stream of visitors are set to uncover the mystery of her broken life. Meanwhile she must lie there, victim of the beloveds, the borings, the babblings and the plain bonkers. Like it or not, the truth is about to pay Silvia a visit. Again, and again and again...

©2012 Dawn French (P)2012 Penguin Audio Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Comedy
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Loved all the performances by the readers. The plot has a mix of humour and grief and captures precisely the human experience on many levels.

Absolutely fabulous

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not as good as the last one I listened too and when my son heard me listening to it he thought it was a children's book. the end was not satisfying for me but can not tell you why otherwise I will spoil the story

Left me unfulfilled

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Loved listening to this audio book… wish I knew if Cat had been charged. And how did Sylvia fall off the balcony? Thanks for the wonderful reading.

Oh dear Sylvia

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This was well written and performed, but not what I expected at all. The story was very depressing and although there were moments of comedy even they were dark.
If you like drama and stories about death then this could be for you, but I like to feel good after listening to a book not like I need to make an appointment to get anti depressants.

so depressing!

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The characters ate utterly believable as the hurts, pains and truths of the repercussions and impact a single decision made by Silvia are peeled away. The story unfolds as less of a narration and more of a revelation of the true heart of each character.

The repercussions of a single choice

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