According to Yes

By: Dawn French

Narrated by: Christopher Thompson, Dawn French, Garrick Hagon, Jennifer Woodward, Tom Judd

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?

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

Heartwarming, intriguing and funny

I have read/listened to this book several times now. The story about Mary Poppins gone rogue. Loved it to bits. Especially with Dawn French as a narrator.

Interesting, funny, weird, but also good

***SPOILERS AHEAD***


This is a weirs book, in parts hysterically funny, in parts exceedingly frustrating - especially the parts leading up to Rosie having sex with Teddy and Campbell. It was bad enough she entered into an affair with Thomas, but to then "just happen" into sleeping with this grandson and son is just adding insult to injury.
Rosie is also a frustrating know-it-all who acts as if she stands on a moral high ground. She is right in her observations, but given everything else it is also two-faced... however you can't help but like her and also feel for her.
You also can't help but feel for the "villain" of the story, the Queen Bee of the household, Glenn. She is unlikable, and much about why she is the way she is is left unsaid, just hinted at, but somehow you feel like you get to know and understand her.
This book leaves you thinking.

The narrators really added to the story, excellent job!

Brilliant

loved this story .. straight from the beginning it had me hooked with Rosie's personality (Dawn) jumping out. It's a feel good story we all need