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    <body><![CDATA[Eleanor Samuels is a very special heroine and while reading this novel I felt that she was a real person. Rarely do I get attached to a fictional character, but she was so easy to relate to (except, thankfully, for the part about having someone close dying of cancer). Also rarely, books do not linge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68263583">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book. I could relate to the main character so much. First, she is a food addict. Just LOVES food and sometimes eats way too much of it without stopping to savor or enjoy it. And, she has sisters. I only have one sister, but I could relate to the ups and downs of their relationshi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42388800">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i loved almost everything about this book. it is about food and eating and takes place in portland; three of my favorite things! however there were 2 (or was it 3?) moments in the book of ridiculous and totally unnecessary sex-related things. short, and brief so easy to skip over. but it just seemed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47356034">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[     Not my usual read, but a selection of the samll book group I was a part of until the poor little coolest bookstore in town went under. Sigh.<br/>      At any rate, the main character is thirtysomething, single, worried about her weight, and a freelance food/lifestyle reporter. Her life is thro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40884208">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, this book has been a great read, but has moved a little slowly.  It's about a woman in her late thirties - single, overweight freelance writer for a cooking magazine - who suddenly finds herself caring for her &quot;uncle&quot;, who is really a close friend of her mother.  I think the book i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32544219">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As I was reading this book, and I felt like I am missing the mark. The main character was seriously pathetic. I don’t think I have ever eaten like this before in my life. I mean shoveling food into my mouth without a fork in my car like an animal… are you kidding me?<br/>Is this how other plus ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31775350">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the fact that this book was set in Portland. It was about a food writer who had a super-critical mom and has major food issues. She ends up caring for a family friend who is dying of cancer. As expected, she ends up losing weight and developing a much healthier approach to food, in addition ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50136856">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great story about Eleanor, the middle sister who stayed in her hometown and how her mother, her &quot;Uncle&quot; Benny, her father, &quot;Uncle&quot; Benny's wife and her sisters all intermingle in her so-called life. She's an overweight freelance food writer whose mother (whist she was growing u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42307031">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ellie has food issues, family issues, work issues, and self-esteem issues. Uncle Benny, one of the constants in her life, becomes terminally ill and Ellie becomes his caretaker. The lives of her sisters begin to fall apart, family secrets abound, and the process of death is examined. I enjoyed this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57255594">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Eating Heaven is the story of one woman's struggle with her relationships with her family, men and food.  At times the book is humorous and other times it's sad but it deals with real life issues that everyone can relate to on some level.<br/><br/>Although I found a lot of the relationships to mat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71790817">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a book I read for my book club. There seemed to be a consensus from the book club that this was a good book- however I found it to be contrived and pretty unconvincing as to the nature of human behavior. I did not feel that the characters rang true at all. It was an easy read and it you hav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55674679">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a must-read for anyone who:<br/>1. Has battled their weight<br/>2. Has taken crap for it from others<br/><br/>I loved the main character immediately and parts of it made me so uncomfortable because I could identify with them so strongly.  Many thanks to my daughter Kato for sharing ...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though I felt quite somber the whole time I was reading this, it was certainly worth my time.  It would be a tough read for anyone going through or taking care of someone going through cancer treatment.  I would still recommend reading it, just be ready emotionally when you do.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book five times.  The first 4 times I cried my eyes out. The last time I read it, I couldn't understand why it made me cry those first 4 times or why I kept reading it! Must had just been a funny time.  A good book anyway.  A quick read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting book full of tales of a struggling family to make sense as adults of their disfunctional childhoods and the mystries that no one will speak of. Each character deals with their childhood experiences as an adult in different ways, only to be united by dispair and grief. The sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60681555">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nothing gets Eleanor Samuels's heart racing like a double scoop of mocha fudge chunk. Sure, the magazine writer may have some issues aside from food, but she isn't quite ready to face them. Then her beloved Uncle Benny falls ill, and what at first seems scary and daunting becomes a blessing in disguise. Because while she cooks and cares for him-and enjoys a delicious flirtation with a new chef in town-Eleanor begins to uncover some long-buried secrets about her emotionally frayed family and may finally get the chance to become the woman she's always wanted to be.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love this book!!! Shortridge needs to write some more books so that I can keep reading her stuff! She is funny and witty. Think that she will appeal to just about anyone who is an avid reader. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fairly generic plot, but it was a quick and satisfying read. Fun that it took place in Portland so I could visualize exactly where she was and follow along with the landmarks.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book very much. I appreciated the fact that Ellie liked food (me too)and loved to cook and feed her loved ones.  When her &quot;uncle&quot; becomes terminally ill, Ellie struggles to discover the answers to family secrets.  I will definitely look for this author's other books.]]></body>
    
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