Dear Fatty.....
September 20th 2009 10:52
Dawn French Autobiography Cover
Comedian Dawn French is probably best known to audiences as half of the comedy duo French and Saunders, or as the chocolate loving Reverend Geraldine Granger in the comedy series The Vicar of Dibley.
In her autobiography Dear Fatty, we are taken on a journey through childhood crushes, career highs, the difficulties faced with infertility and the devastation left behind in a young womans mind when her father commits suicide.
Each chapter is a written in the style of a letter. Sharp, short, often times silly and always hearty and honest, this is an autobiography that deserves it's position as a best seller.
I bought Dear Fatty while waiting to board a Virgin Blue flight to Melbourne. Despite the disclaimer it was side-splittingly funny, I still thought it a good idea to read it on the plane. Unless you are able to hold your laughter in - not something I have been gifted with unfortunately - or you have a polite, reserved laugh - again not me - might I suggest a good place to read it is not on a plane as it's taxiing down the runway.
Ms French writes with an ease and elegance that is to be expected of a woman who has made her career through her power to convey the emotions behind the words in her comedy.
Dear Fatty is a book that you would do well to read and I highly recommend it.
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