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Every Inch of Her
The sisters at the Good Shepherd Convent in Dublin's North Wall don't quite know what to make of their newest refugee. Philo announces herself at their door one Sunday evening with the words, "God pointed me here." A large presence, weighing 240 pounds and bearing tattoos on her arm, Philo smokes, swears, and loves to eat. She is also a mother of five and in flight from he...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
August 31st 2004
by Penguin Books
(first published July 27th 2004)
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Another book by an Irish author. Peter Sheridan really knows how to get into the mind of a woman. Philo, the main character in this novel, is obese, unhappy, and in need of getting out of an abusive relationship. So she decides to put her 5 children in orphanages and seeks asylum herself in a convent. She is a fun loving, brash, creative woman who teaches everyone she meets to embrace life. In doing so, she eventually comes to love herself. She also identifies where her weight issues stem from....more
I really wanted to like this book, but found myself feeling rather ambivalent about it. The story seemed charming at some times - other times I felt that the author was just trying too hard to be amusing. Sometimes I liked the main character, Philo, but other times I found her actions not quite believable (sounds vague, but I don't want to give anything away). The plot line toward the end left me grimacing a bit. If I use a bit of selective memory, and forget certain parts, I suppose I can say t...more
Although this book wasn't that well written, I didn't hate it but would never recommend it. Men rarely can write well from a woman's point of view (let alone an overweight woman's point of view) and this book was no exception. It also offends me that liposuction was her salvation - really?
This book made me laugh and cry. Its amazing how words can bring on scenes in your mind's eyes and make one so absorbed into the characters of the book. Enjoyed reading every inch of this.
It's hard to find a book, with an overweight woman as the main character, who isn't presented as mean, stupid, or the comic relief. Philo is a sympathetic character, who certainly deserves more out of life than she was getting. She is presented as developed character, with more than one emotion. I didn't quite like the ending, the "get thin quick" scheme, because no doctor would ever do that, and I certainly was appalled by the biohazards being spilled everywhere. I think the novel would have be...more
Couldn't get interested in the characters. This is overwritten and under plotted.
I gave 3 stars, but I may have liked it even more than that; read in 2006
Philomena is 5'6" and 250 lbs. She leaves her abusive husband and five childrena dn seeks asylum at a convent, where she starts working at the adult Day Center, and begins to shake things up. Two sworn enemies make amends, Philo beings working, gets her kids back, and confronts her demons. Her final act of revenge is both grotesque and somehow satisfying. Lots of questions remain at the end, although a few problems are too neatly solved.
My book club applauds Philo's "forward!" attitude regardin...more
My book club applauds Philo's "forward!" attitude regardin...more
Aug 01, 2011
Bonnie
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Very Good!-Nothing like my life but enjoyed if very much
I'm not sure what I thought about this book. I wasn't terribly drawn into it or attached to any of the characters, but it was OK...they were likable enough and I was pleased with the way it ended.
Maybe it was just difficult for me to relate to anyone.
That said, I did finish it without any delay, which is more than I can say for lots of books.
Maybe it was just difficult for me to relate to anyone.
That said, I did finish it without any delay, which is more than I can say for lots of books.
I just could not get into this book. It really didn't help that the format is really different. The author is Scottish I believe, and there they use dashes instead of quotation marks for dialogue.
Sep 27, 2009
Notdorothy
marked it as to-read
Every Inch of Her by Peter Sheridan (2004)
Eh. It started off ok, then went on a tangent, and a bit after that it was just too much. Too many events just bam, bam, bam, one after the other. Just ok overall.
Apr 11, 2013
Matthew Kelley
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2013
Jillian
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Dec 22, 2012
Rae
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