LoginHow a hippo almost ruined my Harry Potter scene | Ask Penguin Podcast with Dawn French
Content warning: this episode contains content on suicide and suicidal feelings.
In this episode of Ask Penguin, Rhianna Dhillon sits down with bestselling author and comedy legend Dawn French to discuss her new novel Enough. Later, we're joined in the studio by Penguin colleagues to answer more of your questions and give out plenty of brilliant book recommendations.
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About the book
Enough follows Etta, 68, happy, healthy and satisfied with the life she has lived. One morning she gathers her family together and drops a bombshell that they all have one day to come to terms with - this will be Etta’s final day alive.
About the author:
Dawn French has been making people laugh for 30 years. As a writer, comedian and actor, she has appeared in some of this country's most long-running and celebrated shows, including French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley, Jam and Jerusalem, and more recently, Can You Keep A Secret? Her first three novels, A Tiny Bit Marvellous, Oh Dear Silvia, and According to YES are all Sunday Times bestsellers.
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0:00 Dawn French Intro
01:57 What is Dawn French's new book about?
05:37 What is Dawn French's Writing Process?
09:02 What does the title Enough mean?
11:39 What are the themes and characters in Enough?
16:51 Where is Enough by Dawn French set?
18:09 The Barcelona incident
21:19 The importance of the kitchen in the home?
28:48 What do people think about Enough by Dawn French?
33:18 Is Enough getting a film or stage adaptation?
34:16 Nostalgia and homesickness
36:06 Grandmother and granddaughter relationships
37:38 Dawn French on Kae Tempest
40:00 The book that sparked your love of reading?
41:40 Ask Penguin Questions
41:53 What is Dawn French reading now?
43:47 What book emotionally wrecked you?
48:07 What's a book that made you laugh out loud?
48:45 Dawn French and the hippo
54:04 What's a book you would pass down to the next generation?
59:49 Closing
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