Oh Dear Silvia: A Novel

Authors: French, Dawn
Publisher: Harper
BISAC/Subject: FIC000000, FIC044000, FIC022040, FIC025000
ISBN: 9780062271822, Related ISBNs: 0062271822, 9780062271822, 9780062273338
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 352,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French, the celebrated English actress, bestselling author, and comedian, is the clever, touching, and compelling story of one mysterious woman trapped in a coma after a fall from a balcony.
 
Now, lying unconscious in a hospital bed, Silvia is plagued by a stream of often funny and sometimes poignant visits from friends and family, each of whom knows a different piece of the puzzle that is Silvia Shute.
 
And, as she lies there listening to all of her visitors, the dark and terrible secret she’s been hiding for years emerges.
 
Dawn French's Oh Dear Silvia is an emotionally resonant and riveting tale of secrets, forgiveness, remorse, guilt, and love.

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