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She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club) |  | Author: Wally Lamb
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Rating:  1731 reviews
Sales Rank: 8954
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Pocket Books Mass Market Edition, 9th Pr
Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0671021001
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671021009
ASIN: 0671021001
Publication Date: June 1, 1998
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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 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. 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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 BEST BOOK I've ever read!! July 28, 2010
Laurajean
A friend suggested I read this book. And when she first described it to me...I thought it sounded kinda strange. Yet I gave it chance--and LOVED it!! Once I picked the book up and started reading--I couldn't put it down!! The author--Wally Lamb--has such a keen perspective on the struggles of life through the eyes of the young girl in this book. I strongly recommend this book!!!
Still Touching, But So Much Sadder the Second Time Around... July 27, 2010
K. Caldwell (North Jersey, USA)
I read this book for the first time when I was still in high school. Recently, over a decade later, I read it again.
The same things stuck me the second time around - the amazing and unique voice and talent of Wally Lamb. The way the characters eb and flow around one another. The way he builds layer and layer upon a story and yet it still comes out whole.
What I somehow don't remember as vividly from my first read (and yet what I can't escape from at all in my second) was just how sad this book was. Not sad as in pathetic, but as in truly, deeply sad. I feel sympathy for Dolores. You find yourself sad for her, angry with her, and, many times, confused by her. But you feel something. I know I did. You root for her to get herself out of whatever situation she has gotten into. You hope she's the one to break free of the bonds that seem to be trapping her.
Even though sad, and though not my favorite of Lamb's works, it is still a journey worth taking. It will make you appreciate your life more. Make you appreciate Lamb's journey as a writer more. Even though I don't view the book exactly the same as I did at that younger time in my life, in some ways I appreciate it more now. Any writing by Lamb is truly a treat, and I encourage you to give She's Come Undone a try, for the first time, or for the next time.
 One of the worst books I've ever read. July 19, 2010
Diana Marable (East Lansing, MI USA)
I just have to say that I literally threw this book across the room when I was done! I'm not a violent person, and it shocked my husband ;)
It was just so depressing, and such a waste!
If you love to be depressed and hate the world, this would be your book!
One of the best reads ever!! July 12, 2010
cathy dore
She's Come Undone is one of the very best books I have ever read. It is absolutely wonderful to follow Dolores Price's journey. The story, the references from the 60s, 70s and 80s, the metaphors throughout -- all made it so rich. Best of all was the very triumphant and emotional ending. I only wish everyone would "get it" like Dolores does.
Strange Book! July 5, 2010
LunaHagen (Wisconsin, USA)
I really like this book, if only because it was so bizarre. There are so many adult situations that I would suggest only an adult read it,and I don't mean because lascivious or obsene. It's just such a deeply emotional account of Dolores Prices' life from childhood- and how she eventually perseveres and finds inner happiness. Along the way, there's a loss of her parents, a stay in a mental institution, a lesbian experience,a marriage that ends in divorce, a start of a new one. That's just a taste of main events. Dolores is cocky, humourous, and insanely loveable. I liked this book and thinking of reading something else by Wally Lamb.
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