She's Come Undone

By: Wally Lamb

Narrated by: Kathy Najimy

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of three Oprah Book Club Picks including The River Is Waiting—Wally Lamb takes us on an extraordinary journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years.

“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....”

Meet Dolores Price. She’s thirteen, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally rolls into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she’s determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before really going belly up.

In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch a wild ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. At once a fragile girl and a hard-edged cynic, so tough to love yet so inimitably lovable, Dolores is as poignantly real as our own imperfections. She’s Come Undone includes a promise: you will never forget Dolores Price.

She saw and was the whale!

Sometimes too predictable, but full of life lessons. Really appreciate grandma & her friend. Their candor and realness resonated with me. You didn't have to wonder about where they stood about life, they would tell you rather you wanted to hear it or not. Grandma was good at reading people and those she loved, she loved for life. We all have a good degree of Delores in us and like her we learn to do and be better through others' life experiences as well as our own. Whales represent a strong and forceful metaphor for freedom, in my opinion, within the context of this story, anyway. Whales learn to navigate their own course through a big and powerful ocean. The sea belongs to the whale and all other creatures of the sea know it!

A Worthy Read

Again, Wally Lamb keeps you spell bound. A story wound around women of circumstance. You’ll not regret purchasing this one.

The horrible narration

The narrator sounds like a fat old person trying to sound young and petite. It’s ridiculous.

Fantastic Coming of Age Novel

What made the experience of listening to She's Come Undone the most enjoyable?

The narrator did a fantastic job of capturing the character's tones and imaginable personality.

What other book might you compare She's Come Undone to and why?

I cannot think of a book that compares to this well illustrated life of a young lady, turned women, who survives her family and herself.

What about Kathy Najimy’s performance did you like?

Wonderful sense and use of tone.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I have read the book, so I couldn't wait to hear the audiobook. One sitting was all it took.

Excellent!

Very well written, realistic, and hopeful. I especially liked the grandmother, and Roberta. The main character is believable and her arc is perfect!