She's Come Undone

By: Wally Lamb

Narrated by: Linda Stephens

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.

A Rollicking Roll Through Dysfunction

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes, the story was good but just so sad and dysfunctional.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I really liked the main characters grandmother- she was a woman who was doing the best she could and I felt for her throughout the book.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

I did not care for the narrators tone or the voice she used for the adolescent and adult Delores. It was a little bit distracting.

Was She's Come Undone worth the listening time?

Yes, I probably wouldn't re-listen to the book though.

Any additional comments?

This book is just sad- from beginning to end. If you are looking for a pickmeup story- might want to listen to something else.

One of my favorites

I listened to this over 10 years ago and loved it then too. I think my perspective is very different now, so I am fascinated that I still enjoy it so much. The journey of self-discovery moves me and it highly relatable. I highly recommend this book.

Best Wally Lamb listen

This book is my most favorite of any book I've ever read. I've probably read it 10 times, and it was a pleasure to listen to it.

Undone

The story was really good, I wanted to finish the book in a day because I couldn't stop reading. The character was so easy to love and also easy to see the childish way of thinking that any of us would have in common situations. Beautiful book!

loved this book

ive been wanting to read this book for years and now thanks to audible I finally got the chance. loved it.