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Nancy Pearl recommended this book on a list for "omnivorous readers," which I guess I probably am. This book is hard to fit into a genre so the omnivorous description seems apt. It alternates telling the stories of two people: 1) a morbidly obese, agoraphobic former professor who lives in Brooklyn, and 2) a 17-year old boy from Yonkers whose mother was once a student of the professor. The book's plot follows the intersection of their lives over several months. The narrative voices were SO WELL D
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Jan 24, 2012
Alison
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This book is the story of two men - Arthur Opp and Kel Keller. Arthur is a former college teacher who has become extremely obese and rarely leaves his house. Kel is the teenage son of Charlene, a woman Arthur dated years and years before, and who is Kel's mother. Through some very sad circumstances, Charlene brings the two of them together. I really enjoyed this book, as I found the characters to be quite believable and likable, without being impossibly perfect. They are all trying to make their
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I really enjoyed this book, even though it involved obese people, who simultaneously gross me out and make me hungry.
Masterpiece as a character study, though it never really amounted to anything else.
Dec 14, 2012
Lauren
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it was amazing
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So good. I cared (and continue to care!) so much about these characters. Fantastic writing.
Mar 12, 2013
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Mar 15, 2015
LadyTea
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