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Title: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation
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| The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Random House Incidents on what it means to be fully oneself |
This book of short stories is full of a number of delightful incidents about being oneself. The main characters tend to be older women who are asking questions about what matters most. A number of the stories deal with weight and dieting, as these tend to be huge issues in the lives of women. And a number of them also have to do with the challenges and questions that come with growing old. Most of the stories are insightful and sweet, although some more than others.
My two favourites concern a woman who had had a very full life and of a woman who had been a bit disappointed by her life. The story of the first woman is simply a long meandering letter whose purpose is to share an apple pie recipe. And the story of the second woman is about a trip to Vegas, where she impulsively leaves the life she feels that she's been trapped in - and she feels like she has been given permission to do all those crazy things that she always wanted to do - and even say some of the things she never felt she could. |
| The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Random House Warm Fuzzies |
| Although I am already a great fan of Elizabeth Berg - this is one of those wonderful books that can either fill an early afternoon - or just simply read each vignette at your leisure. Warm, funny, poignant, stories about women who find themselves in various stages of life, and each is surrounded by food. This satifies the hunger in the soul! Fabulous read! |
| The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Random House The Day I Read the Whole Book! |
| Any woman over a "certain age" will see her friends, family or herself in some of these stories. But even my 27 year old daughter could identify with some of the women in this incredibly funny yet touching book. I now intend to read lots of ELizabeth Berg's books. |
| The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Random House Elizabeth Berg Has Risen |
Elizabeth Berg has her mojo back; that voice that made me love her from the very beginning, that voice that grinds a heart directly to the ground, that voice that understands a woman.
Ms. Berg, I've been waiting for you to return to me, and you have---you have! Thank you.
"The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted" is a series of thirteen essays, each one more delicious than the next; all of them beautifully constructed: Returns and Exchanges, The Party, Rain, Double Diet, Truth or Dare, Sin City. All of the stories will dig inside the reader's being like an old friend, a memory, or a pleasure, which they've lost or found again. Berg inserts food in each story as its own character.
Once again, I will compare Berg's writing to an ice-cream sundae, and her newest gem is a Lollapalooza. The only problem was...I wanted more!
Thank you, Ms. Berg for bringing your rich voice back for you fans to savor.
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| The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Random House Excellent Collection of Short Stories! |
| I always enjoy Berg's novels but I wasn't sure how her collection of short stories, The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, would be. As always, Berg delivers sharp and funny prose. Berg asks what would the different characters in each story do if they could have the courage to change something in their lives? Specifically, she analyzes older women and their challenges they face each day. I usually steer away from short stories but I would definitely read these again and recommend them to women of any age. |
| The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Random House Product Description |
Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention
Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.
What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers and spend an entire day eating every single thing you want–and then some? Start a dating service for people over fifty to reclaim the razzle-dazzle in your life–or your marriage? Seek comfort in the face of aging, look for love in the midst of loss, find friendship in the most surprising of places?
Imagine that the people in these wonderful stories–who do all of these things and more–are asking you: What would you do, if nobody was looking? |
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