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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?

 Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Comedy Heartfelt Witty Feel-Good New York

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
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Enjoyed this book right from the start , really good story and read very well by all involved.

Really enjoyed this story didn't want it to end

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Loved this book so much. Didn't want it to end. I wanted to find out what happens

Loved it!

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Absolutely loved it! I laughed cried and gasped out loud all the way through! Only downside is it had to come to an end!

Brilliant!

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What did you like most about According to Yes?

I loved Rosie's character and how she was confident to just 'be Rosie' when she so obviously didn't fit into the stereotypical NY picture of a woman. I also loved her relationship with the twins, this I think was the best bit of the story, seeing how she taught and challenged them.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I thought having numerous narrators made the performance much better!

Any additional comments?

I did feel however, that the twist with the '3' ( I don't want to give it away too much) was a bit much and unrealistic and it spoils the overall story for me slightly.

Enjoyable overall but a bit unbelievable at times

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This is THE best audio book I have ever listened to! Absolutely loved every minute of it, brilliant story and narration. The altogether bloody marvellous Dawn French, had me in stitches! If you don't get this audio book then you're a big fat loser!!! 😜❤️

Utterly stupendous!!

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