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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book to be a touching read. Not touching in a sad sense, but more of a feel good touchy feeling. When I first started reading this book I just felt this wretching pity for Mary. She's grossly overweight, her husband just left her, and she was so dependent on him so obviously she's lost ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65899929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Lansens characters.  She writes them in such a way that you can't help but take them on yourself.  I'd come up from reading The Wife's Tale and find that I still felt heavy from Mary Gooch's obesity.  I could still hear the roar of the 'obeast' echoing in my gut as she did in hers.  I also fe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72760413">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How I Came To Read This Book: I think BookLounge.ca sent me an advance reader edition for answering a survey. <br/><br/>The Plot: Mary Gooch is a morbidly obese woman with a pretty face, a husband of 25 years, and a small bubble of a life that she's content to go on living in. That is, until her h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66314744">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Lansens' third novel. Her last book, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1021727.The_Girls" title="The Girls by Lori Lansens">The Girls</a>,  is one of my favourite and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/934879.Rush_Home_Road" title="Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens">Rush Home Road</a> was a wonderful novel which I loved too. Her new work,<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452818.The_Wife_s_Tale_A_Novel" title="The Wife's Tale  A Novel by Lori Lansens">The Wife's Tale  A Novel</a>, while well written with and interesting main character in Mary Gooch, was not as strong as her previous two works. In thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68020443">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mary Brody has battled her weight all of her life, except for one year of high school when she had an intestinal parasite.  The slimmer Mary has more self confidence, gets a part-time job and begins a romance with Jimmy Gooch.  When Mary discovers she’s pregnant, they decide to get married.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73030464">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure if it's because it's the third of Lori Lansens' books that I've read, but it is my least favourite. So far my first read, The Girls, remains top of the list. Which is not to say that this wasn't enjoyable because it was; it was wonderful, in a very Lansens-kind-of-way. I liked the way t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60661261">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't very impressed with this book when I first started it, but I continued onward and eventually fell in love with the story. In some ways, I think I would have enjoyed it more if it hadn't been written by the author of &quot;The Girls.&quot; <br/><br/>By the end of this book, I was cheering ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70107348">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book.  I have read both of Lansens other books.  I would rate this one as almost as good as Rush Home Road.  The story revolves around a woman who's husband leaves her and she has to look at the reality of her marriage and her relationship with food.  A good read if you are int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76310037">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fabulous book although I think I would have liked a more dramatic ending. The main character of Mary is one that you will take to your heart and cheer her on all the way along her journey. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So much less good a book than Lansens'earlier &quot;The Girls&quot; which I loved. The oddity this time is a morbidly obese woman. Can't quite believe in her or her transformations.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as her second book, The Girls (which is a wonderful book), but this one turned out to be pretty darn good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[February book selection for the MMBC - I really enjoyed this story.  A great BC selection!<br/><br/>So much to discuss]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have really enjoyed Lori Lansens other books so I was disappointed by this one and actually never finished it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Did not love. Did not even like. So disappointed since I loved her book The Girls so much.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again, Lori Lansens amazes me by her understanding of people with unusual characteristics. She thoroughly understand people, their emotions, and their reactions.  I feel she grows with every new book. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just as good as Rush Home Road. I loved this one!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I devoured every word.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good book. You will cheer for Mary the whole entire time, loving her new independence and determination!!!! See whole review on Amazon!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great characters; plot slightly unbelievable. ]]></body>
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