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She's Come Undone
Author: Wally Lamb

Book Information
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780671003753 - ISBN-10: 0671003755
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: 465


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio Cassette

Book Description:
"Mine is a story of craving: an unreliable account of lusts and troubles that began, somehow, in 1956 on the day our free television was delivered...."

Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallmomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally rolls into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before really going belly up.

In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch a wild ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. At once a fragile girl and a hard-edged cynic, so tough to love yet so inimitably lovable, Dolores is as poignantly real as our own imperfections. She's Come Undone includes a promise: you will never forget Dolores Price.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Nancy V. (NJNan) wrote on 3/28/2007...

8 member(s) found this review helpful.

Unbelievable author; disturbing, funny, heartbreaking -- how this author gets into the head of an adolescent girl, I don't know. A must read.

Kat W. (katatonicstate) wrote on 3/16/2007...

7 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is, hands-down, my favorite book ever! Told in first person, you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll feel like you REALLY know Dolores and everyone she encounters. Wally Lamb has an amazing way of writing so you can see, feel, taste, smell the environment! It's painful, it's heart-wrenching, it's uplifting...it's just the best book I've ever read (and that's saying something).

As much as I LOVE PBS, you will never see this book posted by me - I love it too much!

Marjie H. wrote on 3/5/2007...

7 member(s) found this review helpful.

I loved this so much I read this multiple times. Told in first person, Dolores Price (the main character) is so heartbreaking and believable I had to keep looking at the cover to remind myself that a man wrote this book. That's how convincing the writer is. You will love this book!

Julie M. (juls0621) wrote on 8/10/2007...

6 member(s) found this review helpful.

Not as good as "I Know This Much is True" but still a very good read. The main charachter is Dolores Price, a morbidly obese woman, who transforms her life and body...she is a funny heroine. A good read.

Deborah F. wrote on 5/24/2007...

5 member(s) found this review helpful.

This book changed my life.

Kristin D. wrote on 2/13/2007...

5 member(s) found this review helpful.

Great story...troubling and a page turner at the same time. Prepare to feel uncomfortable, but unwilling to put it down!

Carly C. (ccwriter) wrote on 9/6/2006...

5 member(s) found this review helpful.


I expected not to like it -- I was very wrong!

Jessica P. (preaseau) wrote on 8/28/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

I just couldn't put this book down! The characters are very interesting and likable. The story of this young woman is one I just won't forget!

Marlene B. wrote on 4/2/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is about a girl coming to terms with who she is and finding that person within herself, a very complex novel and written well

Denise V. (deevee) wrote on 10/28/2008...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Based on recommendation from an online friend, I ordered this book through PBS. It was a most amazing book, truly touched my soul. I had a hard time putting it down once I started reading. Lamb is a compelling writer and goes into such detail about this young girl's life - almost as if it were first person.
I highly recommend She's Come Undone - as well as Lamb's other book, which I'd already ordered through PBS and had to read as soon as I finished this one.


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Tess E. wrote on 11/16/2009...


Very long. Good but somewhat strange and different which I like.

Heather O. peacefulreader wrote on 10/18/2009...


All in all this is a good read, just didn't have much of a point in my opinion.

Denise CalvaryGurl - Sussex, WI wrote on 9/3/2009...


This was one of the best books I've ever read. Wally Lamb gripped me with the first paragraph and kept my interest up until the very end. AMAZING BOOK!

Theresa C. wrote on 8/12/2009...


I just wanted to say that this is such a GOOD book. While it was graphic in parts, and depressing and disturbing in others- it was just so well written. I flipped back and forth to the front thinking, "A man wrote this??" It writing was so VIVID. I didn't want to put it down, and I found myself rushing to hop in bed to read more. I'm sad that I'm done with it. Delores is such a great character becuase inspite of her issues, her sarcasm and wit just make you love her.

I truly enjoyed this book, and I feel it overshadows so many books I have read recently.. I will be keeping my beat up copy to read again and again!

Valerie (waterbearer) wrote on 4/30/2009...


Emotional coming of age story. You really get into the head of the character and feel what she feels. Loved it!

Jill P. (zoby) wrote on 3/12/2009...


Wow...I believe I must be one of the very few who was not impressed with this book. Good if you're a fan of melodrama.

Natalia W. (coastieswifenat) wrote on 3/2/2009...


Great Book!

Jennifer H. (BensonBooks) wrote on 2/28/2009...


A little sad sometimes, a little happy sometimes. Overall liked it.

Danielle C. (NurseDanielle) wrote on 2/22/2009...


Great book, very empathetic towards the main character. You are really rooting for her, which makes the book hard to put down. For as many pages as there are, it is a fast read.

Michele R. (mishreilly) wrote on 1/19/2009...


Fantastic Book!


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