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Dear Fatty Book

Best known and loved for her comic parody of everyday characters, Dawn Frenchs autobiography is an extraordinarily moving and predictably funny account of her life told in letters she has written to her nearest and dearest. Dawns correspondents include her father who died in tragic circumstances when Dawn was just nineteen and her long-term comedy partner and friend Jennifer Saunders. Dawns character in the Vicar of Dibley which is a national institution, her self-deprecating nature and the public fondness for her husband, Lenny Henry are just a few of the reasons why Dawn French is held in the public affection. Dawns irrepressible humour and general humility throughout her autobiography serve to legitimise the hunch we all have that she is a genuinely great lady. A great book to buy for someone who would benefit from the seeing the glass half full and a good belly laugh.Read More

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  • Amazon

    It's become a cliché in Britain to call somebody in the entertainment field a national institution -- but that's exactly what Dawn French is. As both comedienne and actress (the latter in both comedy and straight parts), she has become one of the best loved entertainers in the country. Her range is not wide (unlike her dimensions -- and that's the sort of joke she’d crack), but she is utterly winning in everything he does. And that quality continues in Dear Fatty, a truly entertaining memoir of an event-packed life.

    The form of the book is a series of letters by French, conjuring her transformation from a West Country RAF girl to a star of the cult alternative comedy group The Comic Strip. This was followed by the groundbreaking all-female Girls on Top (which did much to establish the position of women in British comedy), the astonishing success of the TV series French and Saunders (with French’s equally talented friend Jennifer Saunders) and the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, where French’s wickedly sardonic touch keeps the tweeness of the basic situation -- female vicar in a rustic town -- at bay.

    For French, early dreams of becoming a ballerina or an air hostess came to nothing, but the loss to the worlds of dance and aviation was a gain for TV audiences. All of that, of course, is covered in this frequently hilarious and often moving collection. We are invited into her most personal relationships with (among others) her mother and father, her husband (fellow comedian Lenny Henry), and, of course, her most important comedic ally, Jennifer Saunders. Everything French describes -- from the agonies of being a teenager to the death of her father -- and (of course) the way in which society defines her by her generous size -- is treated with a highly diverting insight. Fans of Dawn French's TV appearances will lap it up, but Dear Fatty has a lot more to offer, even to those only vaguely familiar with her. But is anyone in Britain only vaguely familiar with Dawn French? --Barry Forshaw

  • Amazon

    Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, with a career that has spanned nearly three decades, encompassing a vast array of characters. This book chronicles the extraordinary rise of Dawn from her early years as an RAF child and her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism.

  • Blackwell

    With a sharp eye for comic detail and a wicked ear for the absurdities of life, Dawn French shows just how an RAF girl from the West Country with dreams of becoming a ballerina/air hostess/bridesmaid/thief rose to become one of the best...

  • 1846053447
  • 9781846053443
  • Dawn French
  • 9 October 2008
  • Century
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 384
  • First Edition
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