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

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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 . . .

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**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