The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation
by Elizabeth Berg
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Author: Elizabeth BergEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-15
ISBN: 1400065097
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Random House
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Book Review: These are the dreams of the everyday housewife
Summary: 5 Stars
Elizabeth Berg returns with a collection of stories of women in everyday life. From twelve year old Janey on the move with her family from Texas to North Dakota, to seventy five year old Helen Donnelly feeling like she doesn't fit in with her family anymore...these portraits are of women in everyday life. Berg has the ability to bring both hilarity and pathos to these portraits without making her characters cartoonish. What makes this book so readable are the humanity of these characters and the familiarity of their lives. My favorites....Agnes working at her dating service faced with the prospect of coming face to face with her first love and the woman who falls off the weigh Watcher's wagon for a day. The dialog rings true and this book will make you smile and nod your head in recognition. This book is worth the purchase price simply for the Helen Donnelly's internal rant about needing more guilt and shame....very unPC, but I confess I have had those thoughts myself.
Summary of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation
Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from conventionEvery now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.
What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers and spend an entire day eating every single thing you want-and then some? Start a dating service for people over fifty to reclaim the razzle-dazzle in your life-or your marriage? Seek comfort in the face of aging, look for love in the midst of loss, find friendship in the most surprising of places?
Imagine that the people in these wonderful stories-who do all of these things and more-are asking you: What would you do, if nobody was looking?
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