As Dolores Price grows from four to forty, she reinvents herself and, along the way, is supported by a cast of bizarre characters, including a Rhode Island Polka Princess. Reprint. NYT. AB.
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Oprah Book Club® Selection, January 1997: "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." So begins the story of Dolores Price, the unconventional heroine of Wally Lamb's She's Come Undone. Dolores is a class-A emotional basket case, and why shouldn't she be? She's suffered almost every abuse and familial travesty that exists: Her father is a violent, philandering liar; her mother has the mental and emotional consistency of Jell-O; and the men in her life are probably the gender's most loathsome creatures. But Dolores is no quitter; she battles her woes with a sense of self-indulgence and gluttony rivaled only by Henry VIII. Hers is a dysfunctional Wonder Years, where growing up in the golden era was anything but ideal. While most kids her age were dealing with the monumental importance of the latest Beatles single and how college turned an older sibling into a long-haired hippie, Dolores was grappling with such issues as divorce, rape, and mental illness. Whether you're disgusted by her antics or moved by her pathetic ploys, you'll be drawn into Dolores's warped, hilarious, Mallomar-munching world.
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In this engaging first novel, narrator Dolores Price recounts her life story from age four to age 40; her relentless parade of disasters makes for interesting reading.
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By JaRee
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I loved this story, and was very impressed that a man wrote this story. He hit so many deep feelings of the main character.
I could not put this book down, I needed to know if the main character has a good life at the end. The story was told as if you were on this journey every step of the way.
Would strongly recommend it. I have just ordered another Wally Lamb book. Love his writing
I could not put this book down, I needed to know if the main character has a good life at the end. The story was told as if you were on this journey every step of the way.
Would strongly recommend it. I have just ordered another Wally Lamb book. Love his writing
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This was a sad but enjoyable novel. It’s an interesting look at mental health and how it affects the individual as well as other family members and friends. It’s a novel of acceptance, growth and understanding.
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one of my best books in the last few years. I just kept reading and wondering what would happen. Not at all boring.
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this is one of my all time favourite stories
Over the years I have read this book twice. The first time I read it I finished it in one day - I was very connected to the story and the character. Read more
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A friend recommended this book to me years ago. I read it and felt very connected to the main character. Read more
Published 5 months ago by LittleFin
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Meh got through it
This book was good but not great. I would have been fine to have never read it. I picked it up because of so many rave reviews but I wasn't that impressed.
Published 9 months ago by scarlet
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Loved every bit of the story line!
Its been about 9 months since I read this book and I still think about Doris every single day. Oh my gosh this book was riveting, heartbreaking, heart stopping, heart pounding. Read more
Published on Sep 17 2010 by M. Okwengu
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First of all, I love coming of age stories that progress into the adult life.
This book was interesting and intriguing and I was always wondering what would happen next... Read more
This book was interesting and intriguing and I was always wondering what would happen next... Read more
Published on Jun 22 2009 by C. Dey
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Lighthearted and funny
This is a good choice to read after a long serious book. It's short and lighthearted, like taking a vacation.
Published on May 11 2009 by Anne McKinnell
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One of my all-time favourites
I read this book for the first time in 1997, and I think I've read it every year since. I never fail to feel uplifted at the end. It's still hard to believe that a man wrote it.
Published on Mar 31 2009 by J. Macgillivray
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What a good read
I've read this book over and over. I love it. It was therapeutic. I decided to post my own review as reading the other reviews, one made me angry. Read more
Published on Dec 23 2008 by Tiara D. Champagne
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Sad but true
Dolores is the main characeter in his Wally Lamb novel--not a short novel either, I might add---and while one would expect to be put off by her, Lamb somehow makes us watch---nay,... Read more
Published on Oct 3 2006 by Brenda E.
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I've loved this book sincve the day i was born...Sort of...
I first read this book when i was 7 years older, and since then it has been my favourite. I don't really have much to say, except i have never felt so passionatly about a book in... Read more
Published on July 16 2006 by R. Plaskett
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