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82nd out of 206 books
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A Slice Of Heaven (The Sweet Magnolias #2)
Dana Sue might run the best little restaurant in Serenity, but when you're feeding a small town of neighbors, busybodies and best friends, things can get a bit hot in the kitchen. Never mind that she's putting on too many pounds (an occupational hazard for a chef)she's worried about her too-skinny teenage daughter, Annie, who has been slowly starving herself since the lou...more
Mass Market Paperback, 395 pages
Published
March 1st 2007
by Mira Books
(first published January 1st 2005)
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I didn't enjoy this one as much as I did the first book in this series. I had some problems with the way Annie's disease was portrayed and also I didn't really like the fact that Ronnie and Dana Sue were the romantic couple in this book. I mean... he cheated on her and she's just supposed to forgive that. The whole book as he's trying to get her back he actually had the nerve to yell at her and say "how are we supposed to move on if you keep throwing back in my face what I did" (or something to...more
I think I would have liked this one more had it not seemed like this was an after school special about eating disorders. I realize that it is a big problem, but not sure that I want to read about it in a fluffy romance novel. Annie was so petulant that it got old very fast. I also felt that Dana Sue had double standard in regards to the eating disorder, because she was having her own issues. I also am not a big fan of a divorced couple getting back together. What annoyed me the most of the situa...more
Dana Sue finds herself in a messy situation with her daughter Annie when she notices Annie is avoiding eating at all costs, she tries to get to the bottom of it, but sometimes you need both mom and dad to figure it out. Annie winds in the hospital after having a heart attack at age 16, Ronnie Annie's Dad and Dana Sue's ex comes back to town sooner than he planned with his own agenda getting his family back. Also Annie and Tyler end up getting closer.
This was a great story of finding your own sl...more
This was a great story of finding your own sl...more
In a fictional town of Serenity, California 3 women have grown up together and are still the best of friends to this day. Dana Sue threw Ronnie out after an daffair but now since his daughter was diagnosed with anorexia, he's back for good. He opened up a hardware store by Dana Sue's restaurant Sullivan's and a heath spa for women that her and Helen and Maddie opened up. This story is inspirational because it shows how a young woman can die from not eating properly and how a once broken couple c...more
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Excellent story of friends.
This has been my favorite so far. My family has had to deal with anorexia also. I went through a lot of what Dana Sue and Ronnie went through. And yes anorexics are very good at hiding it. My daughter had it down pat, baggy clothes, moving food around on a plate to make it look like she was eating. Only I wasn't in denial I just couldn't get the doctor to diagnose her, because she was answering all the questions right. Finally I had enough and took her to Children's hospital where she was diagn...more
Sinopsis
Ronnie Sullivan meninggalkan Serenity karena sebuah kesalahan bodoh, yaitu tidur dengan seorang wanita yang bahkan tidak diingatnya. Percintaan semalam itu memang akarnya, tapi kebodohannya yang paling parah adalah meninggalkan istrinya ketika wanita itu mengusirnya. Seharusnya dia mempertahankan pernikahan mereka. Kini dia harus akan kembali dan membangun semuanya lagi dari awal.
Sepotong kebahagiaan, hanya itu lah yang diminta oleh Dana Sue Sullivan. Tapi hidupnya tak pernah bahagia sej...more
Ronnie Sullivan meninggalkan Serenity karena sebuah kesalahan bodoh, yaitu tidur dengan seorang wanita yang bahkan tidak diingatnya. Percintaan semalam itu memang akarnya, tapi kebodohannya yang paling parah adalah meninggalkan istrinya ketika wanita itu mengusirnya. Seharusnya dia mempertahankan pernikahan mereka. Kini dia harus akan kembali dan membangun semuanya lagi dari awal.
Sepotong kebahagiaan, hanya itu lah yang diminta oleh Dana Sue Sullivan. Tapi hidupnya tak pernah bahagia sej...more
This is the second book in the Sweet Magnolias series. Dana Sue Sullivan is one of the Sweet Magnolias introduced in the first book, Stealing Home. She unceremoniously kicked her husband, Ronnie, to the curb 2 years after after he had a one-night-stand with a woman he couldn't even remember. He left because that is what she wanted and his guilt pushed him away. When their 16-year-old daughter lands in the hospital because of anorexia, Ronnie returns to Serenity to bring his family back together....more
Jan 13, 2011
Kit★
marked it as to-read
I picked this one up at Goodwill because I read Home in Carolina, which is Dana Sue and Ronnie's daughter's story. But I haven't gotten to reading this one, because a lot of what happened in this book was talked about in that story. So, I'm a little hesitant to read this one because I already know the gist of what's going to happen and I know how it's going to end.
A Slice of Heaven is the second book in the Sweet Magnolias series. Sherryl Woods has an entertaining way of getting the reader's attention and focusing it on issues pertinent to today. This book takes two disorders and zeros in on them and their impact on the family, while keeping the reader entertained. She focuses on anorexia and diabetes and the struggles that the patient and the family experience. Although everyone won't experience the particular problem Ronnie and Dana Sue face, the family...more
I give this book 3 1/2 stars. I love the characters and the fictional town of Serenity, SC. This book dealt with a very serious problem which affects many teenage girls: anorexia. Mixed in the story are issues that face many others in real life: diabetes, keeping fit and healthy, loss of trust in loved ones, etc.
Sheryl has a way of pulling you into her 'cast'. I liked this but didn't like the transition from the first of the series to the next. Too much time lapsed without explanation. I also believe given the main character's daughter's condition, it wouldn't have been that 'easy'.
This is the third Sweet Magnolia book I have read. Sheryl Woods writes good, fun contemporary romances. She tackles real life topics (weight gain, anorexia), but keeps her sense of humor.
I think I have read too many romances lately. I did not enjoy this one as much as the other ones by Woods that I have read.
I think I have read too many romances lately. I did not enjoy this one as much as the other ones by Woods that I have read.
I enjoyed the book but felt the spotlight on the subject of food eating disorders was very strongly placed and then...dropped. I understand the book was becoming lengthy but, it swung so quickly to only the romance that I was left wondering if Annie really recovers that quickly.
Interesting story about the second of the three girlfriends. Like the authors writing about anorexia and how it affects a family. Also liked the 'divorce and remarriage' interaction. Can't wait to see what happens to the third girlfriend.
Dana Sue is dealing with the stresses of being a single mom, running a successful restaurant, and helping her daughter recover from an eating disorder when her cheating husband returns to town.
This book was okay. I liked the other books in this series much better. The main character, Dana, came across as whiney, irritiating and indecisive. I liked the way the camaraderie between the three Sweet Magnolias was depicted.
This was a fairly decent mindless beach book read. I liked the series enough to read all three. Would not really seek out her other books unless I had nothing on my to read list but they were not bad.
This book took cheesy to a whole new level for real! And while it was so intense at times it made me cringe, I didn't mind all that much. I have read a few different books by this author and while she is very cheesy most of the time, the stories that aren't are fantastic! So, I forgive her. Can't wait to continue on with the rest of the series.
This was a fun book to read, but certainly nothing life changing about it. A cute little love story about how an ex husband and wife were able to fall in love again.
May 16, 2013
Marilyn Eggleston
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I really like her books. All of them so far and I have read a few. They are like real stories and not a lot of sex or swear words. Real down to earth good read.
Enjoyable although predictable story, easy read, likeable characters. Thought Annie's recvoery was a bit too easy... kind of a heavy subjec tossed into a light romance.
Dana sue annoyed me a bit. Still I enjoyed this book. I really like Ronnie in this book and enjoyed Erik as well. I read this in an afternoon.
Enjoyed the subject matter and the character development continuing from first book in series. Realistic handling of anorexia as a family issue.
This is Dana Sue's story--it involves reconciliation between ex-spouses and a child with anorexia, and is very well done. Sometimes exes get back together, more often they don't. This is a look at how it might happen that they do.
A good continuation of the series. It more or less dealt with a teenage girl's anorexia and how it affected not only herself, but those around her.
I enjpyed the first book, glad I got all three at the book sale. Easy read, I enjoyed the story between the people in a small town setting.
I like this book alot... But didn't like how they got on Annie but no one was get on Dana Sue.... Can't wait to read the next book
An easy, kind of mindless read, but what I needed at the time. Kind of soap-opera like.
3.5 stars
It was ok. I thought the romance was sweet, but it fell a little flat.
I'll definitely read the other books in the Magnoila series--I especially love Annie and Ty, they're so cute!
It was ok. I thought the romance was sweet, but it fell a little flat.
I'll definitely read the other books in the Magnoila series--I especially love Annie and Ty, they're so cute!
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With two other careers to her credit before becoming a novelist and four states in which she's lived for extended periods of time, Sherryl Woods has collected friends and memories, along with way too much unnecessary junk.
"The friends are the only things I've brought with me through the years that really matter," she says. "I could probably live without one more chintz teacup, another tin-litho sa...more
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"The friends are the only things I've brought with me through the years that really matter," she says. "I could probably live without one more chintz teacup, another tin-litho sa...more
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