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Book Description:
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.Members who requested this book also requested:
Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Stranded in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally orbits 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 she really goes under.
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Genres:Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio Cassette
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Gaylene G. (
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is one the most painful books I have ever read! Wally Lamb takes you into the life of a very unruly 13 year old girl with a vicious mouth who eats because she is so unhappy and is even more distraught when she balloons up to 267 pounds by the time she goes to college. At times, her bad behaviour was shocking. And then I would want to cry with her when she was heart-broken. This book is about life; the good, the bad and the ugly.
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read this book to my husband on a 7 day road trip and we both loved it. Lamb with with rare insight into women and into the human condition. A story about incest, mental illness, divorce, attempted suicide and finally a happy ending that comes at just the right time. The story is a little long but very well worth the read!
Jessica M. (
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I wanted to like this book, and I think I kind of did in the ending? Bottom line is, page after page had me raising an eyebrow or shaking my head. Some of was just too strange and unbelievable. Other times it just seemed a bit forced. Yet, imagine my surprise, when the ending sucked me in and had me rooting for Dolores.
So, was I entertained by this book? Yes. Would I recommend it to others? No.
Barb F. from SAINT LOUIS, MO wrote on 4/13/2008...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Coming of Age book - easy read, good characters.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love Wally Lamb this was the second book of his that I read and I cannot get over how wonderful he writes. I hope he writes more soon.
This book moved me, its full of dark humor, stirring events and so much emotion.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Disappointing and silly. Other Lamb works take a much more realistic tone.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book. I read it in two days, couldn't put it down.
Kaiya A. from NORTHFIELD, NJ wrote on 7/9/2007...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book wasn't my style. I guess I was one of the ones who found it "depressing"
It did have good insight into how your past dramatically affects your future.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I found this book to be way over-hyped. I expected something deep, touching, amazing; what I found instead was a book I wish I hadn't bothered reading. I found this book disturbing, unsettling, and unrewarding. Yes, many people rave about this book but I am not one of them. As much as I adore Oprah, I find that I do not enjoy many of her "book club" selections...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was just ok. I was hoping for something better, but it was kind of boring.
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Amanda G. from PORTLAND, OR wrote on 4/26/2008...such a real and heartbtreaking character
One of my favorite books, I've read it over and over again.
One of my all time favorite books - I've read it dozens of times! Excellent!
Genny S. from JACKSONVILLE, FL wrote on 5/4/2007...This book is a little bit dark for me.
Danielle M. from ARLINGTON, MA wrote on 4/16/2007...I have read this book about 5 times, and every time I get something else out of it. Such a great coming of age novel.
Very interesting book with great plot-emotional and a great look as a fat girl coming of age, and how she finds her own redemption, away from food.
Nancy G. (My goodness - this poor girl - was depressing at times but I couldn't stop reading it - had to know that she could 'overcome'!
Laura G. from SOUTH CHINA, ME wrote on 4/2/2007...I LOVED this book!! Read it a couple of times!
CJ W. from CONCORD, NH wrote on 3/30/2007..."In his 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 heartbreaking comical hroine to come along in years".
I read this book years ago, I thought it was very well written, very believable and moving, sad, but moving.
Excellent. It is a little tough to read in an emotional sense, but gripping nonetheless.