She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club) | Wally Lamb | One of my favorite books and authors...

She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club) | Wally Lamb | A novel for the 21st century

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	She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club) Wally Lamb Pocket, 1998 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 1679 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

One of my favorite books and authors...

My mom was cleaning out closets and came across "She's Come Undone," which I had read several year ago. It is one of my all-time favorite books, one that I still bring up when discussing novels. I thought it was an amazing story, and I have always been amazed that it was written in first person by a man. The character of Dolores is so real and believable. I took the book from my mom and read it over again, and I still love the book, although since my first reading, I have had children and been through the death of a parent, just to name a couple of things.. just many more life experiences. I do have to say that re-reading the book as a mother made it a whole different experience. Definitely came across much sadder to me, and I viewed the characters of Dolores, her mother, and her grandmother in a new light. I still laughed out loud more than a few times, but definitely cried more this time, too. It is still a fantastic book and one I will always keep in my collection. Wally Lamb is a gifted writer to have written the type of book that stays with you long after you put it down.

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A novel for the 21st century

Delores Price is possibly the quintessential heroine of the 21st century. She's Come Undone might become the Great Gatsby of our generation.

In Lamb's masterful hands, we learn how Delores' life unravels, bottoms out, evens out, and then, finally watch as all the damage is "undone." We suffer through the details of her painful descent into her own private hell, then experience her unusual, sad, and touching experiences while in a mental institution. We wait anxiously during her recovery phase and hold our breath during her stressful college years. We cheer as she begins to gather strength, until finally, she achieves self-realization. Delores is a kind of modern-day "everyman" (or woman!)and we can all learn from her triumph over her life's adversities. If only everyone could experience her epiphanies!

Lamb's message seems to be that everyone has events in their lives that can cause a negative chain of events. Some events are of course more disasterous than others, and some people's reactions are more severe than others'. But the point is that we can overcome hardships by looking for the possible and by letting love and positive energies into our lives, rather than focusing on and wallowing in the negative.

This book was a good read, and Lamb is clearly a writer who will make an impact on contemporary literature. He is a writer to watch and I will probably read everything he comes out with. My only hesitation about She's Come Undone is that it seemed too long.

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I love Wally Lamb!

This book is without a doubt one of my all time favorite books, as well as "I Know This Much is True". They are both incredible stories, and I can't say enough good things about them. What I want to know is, where is Wally Lamb now?? Why hasn't he written any more fiction?
It's been something like 10 years since these books have been out.
I can't recommend these titles enough!!

Great for those with depression

this is an excellent book that really resonated with me as someone who suffers from depressionHide & Seek: How I Laughed at Depression, Conquered My Fears and Found Happiness

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So, So good!

I love this book! It so well written and so engaging. The author writes with such a clear, authentic voice that I had a hard time believing that a man actually wrote it.

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