Rating: 5.0
She's Come Undone is the story of Dolores. It's a three part story with Dolores as a child, a college student and finally as an adult.
"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...."
The story of Dolores is a painful coming-of-age. She suffers through so much at the hands of people she has put her trust in that by the time she is a teen she has given up on herself. She sits in front of the t.v. eating and eating until she is the size of a whale. At times I just wanted to reach through the pages and smack some sense into her. Her life is one hot mess! Rape, obesity, a halfhearted suicide attempt and a long stay at a mental institution are just some of her trials. Her figurative struggle to not drown is actually mesmerizing in a way. I couldn't put the book down for very long. She's Come Undone follows Dolores from 1956 up through the '80's and is one heck of a roller coaster ride. This is the second time I've read this and I actually enjoyed it more this second time around. Dolores was not all that lovable in the beginning of the book but by the end she felt like a friend.
