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Dawn French (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 28 Oct 2010

Everyone hates the perfect family.

So you'll love the Battles.

Mo is about to hit the big 50, and some uncomfortable truths are becoming quite apparent:

She doesn't understand either of her teenage kids, which as a child psychologist, is fairly embarrassing.

She has become entirely grey. Inside, and out.

Her face has surrendered and is frightening children.

Dora

is about to hit the big 18 . . . and about to hit anyone who annoys

her, especially her precocious younger brother Peter who has a chronic

Oscar Wilde fixation.

Then there's Dad . . . who's just, well, dad.

A

TINY BIT MARVELLOUS is the story of a modern family all living in their

own separate bubbles lurching towards meltdown. It is for anyone who

has ever shared a home with that weird group of strangers we call

relations.

Oh and there's a dog. Called Poo.

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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Joseph; 1st edition (28 Oct 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0718156048
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718156046
  • Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 3.2 x 22 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (371 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 64,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Beautifully observed. Makes you laugh on every page (The Times )

Hilarious. Chortle-out-loud turns of phrase, razor-sharp observations (The Stylist )

Fresh, extremely funny (Sunday Times )

Has she cracked it with her first novel? Yes. Engaging from the first page (Heat )

Really enjoyable and highly recommended. Dawn French is a wonderful writer - witty, wise and poignant (Daily Mail )

A hilarious and compelling read (Good Housekeeping ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of 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 this country'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.

Her bestselling memoir, Dear Fatty, was published to critical acclaim in 2008. This is without a doubt her first novel.

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A Tiny Bit Disappointed 7 Jan 2011
By Book Gannet TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
I'll admit, I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I'd hoped. Yes, Dora's voice was very teenagerish, and Oscar was quite brilliant, but I couldn't stand Mo. I found her selfish and utterly unsympathetic, not to mention very like Dora, who I found boring after the first few chapters. There are aspects of realism in them both, but I still found them largely unlikeable. And ungrateful. Husband/Dad is clearly a treasure - I'm glad his children knew this.

With no surprises in the plot for me, it was nice to see a shift in Mo's attitude towards the end. It would have been nice if it had been caused by her realising what she actually had, but nobody's perfect.

Except maybe Oscar. And his smoking jacket.

Dragging in the middle, with some characters that were better than others, there is a nice emotional pay-out at the end, but on the whole I was disappointed. If I can't like the main characters, I can't like a story, no matter how realistic they are.
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94 of 109 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A marvellous read! 22 Oct 2010
By Ms. N. Wright
Format:Paperback
As a big fan of Dawn French as a comic actress, my expectations for this book were very high. And I have to say that I haven't been disappointed.

Having been written in a diary format, it could have been tricky to portray the personalities of each of the characters in the prose style itself, but Dawn has done this to much success! It was great to be reading each chapter and have each one be very different to the one before. This really helped to break up the book into manageable sections, rather than the story dragging on for ages without much going on.

As for the story itself, I really enjoyed reading about the interactions between the members of this family from the point of view of everyone, including their opinions on the minutiae of everyday life.

Being easy to read made me want to keep going and discover more about each family member as the chapters went by. It was easy to compare myself and people I know, with the Battles! This book has exceeded my expectations. I knew it was going to be an entertaining read right from the first sentence.

I won a copy of this book (through another website) before publication and this review comes from my review on that website.
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81 of 94 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm... 17 Mar 2011
By Kevin O'Keefe TOP 500 REVIEWER
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[Reviewed by Mrs O']

I wanted to really like this book by Dawn French, as I like her as a comedian very much, but I'm afraid this book leaves a lot to be desired - sorry Dawn! The book is about the Battle family who unsurprisingly live up to their title. The characters are all loudly drawn caricatures and leave no room for imagination by the reader. There is a foul-mouthed sulky angry teenage daughter (Dora), an intelligent eccentric gay son (Peter/Oscar) and Mum (Mo), a child-psychologist who obviously has problems with her own children but can solve other parents' children's issues and has a mid-life crisis to boot. So the stage is set in a predictable way that sadly plays out until the end. The book itself I found to be a bit schizophrenic, not knowing who it was really supposed to appeal to. In my opinion it tries a bit too hard to be 'hip' by its use of shocking language from the outset, which did nothing but annoy me right from the very beginning. Additionally the use of modern day teenage 'isms' pitched it at a younger audience, who I feel were probably not the majority audience for a book by Dawn French. Sadly, this book is a 'miss' from me and I suggest you don't read it on the train if you're concerned about people reading over your shoulder, as the level of swearing and foul-mouthed ranting on the pages could cause early morning commuters to have a funny turn!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars interesting
a nice easy to read book following the trials and tribulations of, what could be, any family. dora is fantastic!!!
Published 17 hours ago by happy reader
2.0 out of 5 stars A Tiny Bit Marvellous? I couldn't even find that!!!!!!
Oh dear, sorry Dawn but I really didn't like this book. Boring, slow and I'm just irritated that I wasted a number of hours trying to convince myself that it will get better. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Linds
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Really enjoyed this book but probably for the wrong reason! The writing of Peters part was just brilliant and I couldn't wait to get to more Peter chapters of the book. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Bea Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Dawn French
What a great book, love her writing style, the way she tells the story through her tree main characters is great, laugh out loud. Would definitely recommend this book
Published 17 days ago by sarka58
1.0 out of 5 stars Tedious
I was unable to finish this book, I found the dialogue frivolous and vulgar. Could only be on any best seller list due to Dawn French's fame.
Published 19 days ago by Ruth M. Mcdonald
2.0 out of 5 stars Boring
I found this book very boring didnt even finish it most unlike me as I usually insist once started must finish but could not with this sorry Dawn
Published 27 days ago by Mrs. E. Barnett
1.0 out of 5 stars Not just A Tiny Bit Awful....
I love Dawn French - usually - and I love reading all different kinds of books, but this book was truly awful. Read more
Published 1 month ago by BontragerGirl
3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Special
Not up to the material standard you would normally expect from Ms French.
Technically okay but not the most entertaining of reads. Read more
Published 1 month ago by G. Kidd
3.0 out of 5 stars its ok
not as good as her autobiography, dear fatty. not that funny and no real story. i like the recipes at the end though
Published 1 month ago by jenny ayre
5.0 out of 5 stars Dawn French - Oh my Goodness.
I was given 'A Tiny Bit Marvelous' by my Sister. Dawn French is, to me, not only a great T.V. personality but a very down to earth writer. Read more
Published 1 month ago by wendy
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