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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of According to Yes, the hilarious new novel by Dawn French. Read by Dawn French, Jennifer Woodward, Garrick Hagon, Christopher Thompson and Tom Judd.

The Foreign Land of the Very Wealthy - otherwise known as Manhattan's Upper East Side - has its own rigid code of behaviour. It's a code strictly adhered to by the Wilder-Bingham family.

Emotional displays - unacceptable.

Unruly behaviour - definitely not welcome.

Fun - no thanks.

This is Glenn Wilder-Bingham's kingdom. A beautifully-displayed impeccably-edited fortress of restraint.

So when Rosie Kitto, an eccentric thirty-eight-year-old primary school teacher from England, bounces into their lives with a secret sorrow and a heart as big as the city, nobody realises that she hasn't read the rule book.

For the Wilder-Bingham family, whose lives begin to unravel thread by thread, the consequences are explosive. Because after a lifetime of saying no, what happens when everyone decides to start saying yes?

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Critic reviews

A fantastic slam-dunk page-turner. Funny, enriching . . . page after page I laughed out loud
A hilarious snapsnot of family life in the twenty-first century
Side-splitting, darkly humorous. It will make you laugh with delight
A brilliantly observed, very funny novel of family life
Extremely funny
Hilarious. Chortle-out-loud turns of phrase, razor-sharp observations
Makes you laugh on every page
An enlightening and feel-good read offering a fresh look at life and how to embrace it. Funny and enjoyable to the end
Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on
All stars
Most relevant

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to everyone in the world. It would teach quite a few what really matters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of According to Yes?

When Rosie realises YES, is the way forward.

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Not yet, but will be now.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, over and over again..

Any additional comments?

Dawn has nailed the missing link in people understanding and accepting other people. I have learned a lot listening to this book.

The theory of everything!

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So good !! Well read, excellent story line, could listen to this again. Humourous light hearted and family orientated loved it

Brilliant

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Just wonderful! Thank you for such a refreshing endearing hopeful entertaining story :-) I really enjoyed it and can only imagine anyone else would too.

Awesome

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A thoroughly enjoyable read full of laughter, joy and pathos. I'm feeling slightly bereft now its finished and would love another book where the characters continue to play out their disorderly, interesting days.

Wonderful and up-lifting

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Witty, engaging and interesting. Great characterisation. Love the use of different voices to enhance the story telling.

Superb!

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