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Has anybody read this book? It was an Oprah Book Club selection in '97 but I am just now reading it. It is written by the perspective of a fat woman. She is an emotional eater. Most of the reviews talk about how halarious the book is, but I find it depressing. I also found myself not liking the main character, the fat woman.

I myself am a volume eater and sometimes eat when board. I often read this board and others who complain about being emotional eaters or people who get banded and from day one made no attempt to change their ways and to be honest I get annoyed. This bbok gave me the same feelings. However, with Delores (the fat girl) it was her attitude period that drove me nuts.

Has anyone read this book? Could you relate or were you as shocked and appalled as I were. If you haven't read it, then you can by it used on Amazon for less than a dollar.

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I read it in 1997 ha! My memory of the details are fuzzy, but I found it a powerful read. Yes, it mixed up some emitions in me. Might be worth another read.

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The most amazing thing about this book is that it was written by a man. No offense to men; I love em! But I was shocked to see how exactly, precisely, and totally this author got inside the head of the main character. I was blown away actually. It's a fabulous fabulous book.

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I read this book around 5 years ago i think, and i remember that it was also a very moving story. I remember there were some parts that shocked me, like the anal sex part. But the truth of the book is that this girl suffered some major drama, and just becoming skinny didn't fix all her problems. I liked the book.

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I read it in 97 on the beach one summer and I can still remember it vividly at how she lost weight imaginig her food was growing nasty things on it....crazy how a book can move you!

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I read it in '97 back then I was down to a size 10 and thought that I had conquered my weight problem for good. Boy was I stupid!! I remember thinking that the book was very depressing so I guessed that it hit a nerve. I would not want to read it again. Although it was well written it was too dark for me.

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I also read this book several years ago. Wally Lamb is a wonderful author. It's too bad he's only written 2 novels. The other novel is entitled I Know This Much Is True,which is also a great read. Completely different subject, but very good nonetheless.

He did write a collection of stories from women in York Correctional Institution, but it's just not the same.

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I read this book a long time ago and really didn't like it at all. Looking back, I am sure it struck a chord with me so I should probably read it again.

I remember though not really liking the main character that much.

I am amazed though that it was written by a man.

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I also read the book a few years ago and that book almost made me come undone!!!!.........It depressed me but I couldn't put it down. Just when you thought it couldn't get any more depressing it did . It was an emotionally hard book to read but a book you can't put down because something in you just has to know what happened next.

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Good Lord that book was depressing! I finished it a few days ago. I was like what are they tal;king about, this book being hilarious?! It was not funny at all. If they meant Delrois's disrespectful and rude behavior as funny, I disagree. I thought she had the worse personality of any character I have ever read. Once she lost weight she was a much more likable character.

Has anybody found thisd true of themself? When you were fat and miserable were you mean? Then once you lost weight you were more pleasant?

The part of the book that aggravated me the most was when she laid up in her dorm room all fat and nasty farting all over the place and left food around. So when her new roommate showed up, she left a horrible first impression.

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