# Which books emotionally wrecked you? With Dawn French

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Published: 2026-05-20T23:05:00+00:00
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How does artist Kae Tempest inspire Dawn French ? Do editors always know best? What is the impact of grief on those we love most? And what really happened when Dawn French came face to face with a hippo while filming Harry Potter?   In this episode of Ask Penguin , Rhianna Dhillon sits down with bestselling author and comedy legend Dawn French to discuss her moving new novel Enough, alongside brilliant book recommendations from Dawn and the Penguin team.   Discover all the books mentioned in this episode here   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.  For more information about the National Year of Reading, click here https://goallin.org.uk   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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