"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. --Amazon.com ----------- I enjoyed this book. I haven't really read much of anything for awhile, to be honest and was at a used book store with my mother while visiting her last week. I came across this on the top shelf, figured it looked interesting, only ended up paying $4.00 for it and found out later it was a recent release and on 'Oprah's Book Club' list. Pretty good deal, I'd say. I read it in 2 days, not wanting to put it down. I think that was also a way of my brain telling me it was hungry for more than just mindless dribble from online chatting. ;p I'd recommend it if you're looking for a new book to start. I'm into the more true to life type stories because that's the kind of writing I do as well. The next book I plan to read is 'A Child Called It' - autobiography of one man's horrific child abuse by his mother, and how he managed to survive it all. Not that it's a pleasant thing to read about or anything, but I've just always enjoyed reading those kinds of books more so than others, I suppose

Good one, liked it too :)

I'm reading a borrowed copy of "I Know This Much is True" right now (which/according to the logo on the cover/was also one of Oprah's Book Club selections). Plan on getting hold of "She's Come Undone" next. For a fiction writer/this guy has quite a talent for detailing the lives of dsyfunctional folks in a highly realistic manner. I wonder what *his* family was like... Dontcha think Wally Lamb bears a striking resemblance to Billy Bob Thornton/minus the baseball cap?

ooh...billy bob thornton. id come undone with him any old time. yummy. however, i prefered she's come undone to i know this much is true.

billy bob thornton went to jail for beating his wife. just thought you should know, asia. i just got this book today, i'll check back in when i actually read some of it.