Me. You. A Diary - Hardcover

French, Dawn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718187563 ISBN 13: 9780718187569

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2017

Synopsis

One of the Guardian's TOP TEN BOOKS to gift . . . AND, Woman & Home's best book to give.

Dawn French fans will love to receive this create-your-own journal in time for the new year - a combination of Dawn's warm and witty writing and a diary with space for the reader's contributions.

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'START A JOURNAL alongside Dawn's witty outlook on life. This will have you laughing about your year' Prima

'This book is inspired!!!' Nadiya Hussain

'[It's] beautiful, like Dawn, and stuffed full of goodies' Jo Brand

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This is Dawn French's fabulous new non-fiction book and it's totally interactive: take a lovely ramble through the year together with Dawn. Think of it as Dawn's diary, personalized by you . . . perfection.

I can't count the amount of diaries I have crammed full with entries in January, that then fizzle out as the other months pile in. One of my teenage diaries has fulsome fizzing reports of every single conversation, thought and feeling about every friend, every crush, every meal, every argument until mid-March, when the entry on the 18th simply reads,

'Washed hair.'

Thank god, this isn't that. This book is a way for us to tell the story of a year together. Feel free to write your appointments in it, lists, thoughts and reminders of, say, who to kill, and when, and in what order. But I've also written about age and life as I see it, through the seasons and the months, and I've added some places for you to join me in some fun and some thinking. By the end of the year, I am hoping you will have a fatter, scruffier book that is written by me but totally personalized by you.

Come on in. The paper is lovely . . .

AND . . . importantly, Me. You: A Diary comes with a practical elastic strap to keep all of your papers safe, with a pocket in the back for storing those special momentoes.

About this title

About the Author

Dawn French has been making people laugh for thirty years. On purpose.

As a writer, comedian and actor, she has appeared in some of the UK’s most long running, cherished and celebrated shows, including French and Saunders, The Comic Strip Presents ..., Murder Most Horrid, The Vicar of Dibley, Jam and Jerusalem, Lark Rise to Candleford, and more recently, Roger and Val Have Just Got In.

Review

Who wouldn't want to spend a year in the company of Dawn French? -- BEST BOOKS OF 2017 * Best * [A] must-read to pass on to friends and family of all ages * Woman & Home * A lovely concept . . . it's very intimate -- Matt Baker * BBC The One Show * A lovely stocking filler -- Jane Garvey * BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour * A manual for how to be a good person, make peace with your life and create your own happiness * Sunday Times * Dawn French will get you thinking with Me. You. A Diary. That's Christmas sorted! * Fabulous Magazine * Me. You. A Diary reveals what [Dawn] has learned in her 60 years and features blank pages for readers to include their own entries. A mellow, gentle read with words of wisdom * The Independent * One brilliant, inspiring woman . . . I'm going to love spending a year with you -- Emma Kennedy I spent a good 10 minutes snogging it -- Sarah Cox I love it. Lots of my friends are getting sent one now!!! -- Deborah Meaden It's as if she's in your head. Feisty. Intimate. True. LOVE IT! -- Helen Lederer Hours of joy -- Emma Freud Wreck This Journal meets Dawn French's ruminations on the seasons, ageing and more - this is a companion piece to help you through life itself. A very good idea * Stylist * A national treasure. Loyal, self-deprecating and garrulous, French's story makes for entertaining reading. This is an original book, and will delight her fans and, indeed anyone with a sense of humour * Mail on Sunday (on 'Dear Fatty') * Heavens, she's a funny lady * Sunday Telegraph * Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on * Guardian * A wonderful writer - witty, wise, poignant * Daily Mail * Makes you laugh on every page * The Times * This book is inspired!!! -- Nadiya Hussain [It's] beautiful, like Dawn, and stuffed full of goodies -- Jo Brand The most fun you'll have with a book all year . . . The perfect stocking filler * Mayfair & Marylebone Edition * Top tome for THIS YEAR'S STOCKINGS! Start a journal alongside Dawn's witty outlook on life. This will have you laughing about your year * Prima *

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0718187563
• ISBN 13: 9780718187569
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304