When Abigail takes her baby and moves back home with her parents she is in shock. Her husband tells her it's him, not her. Is it because she hasn't lost her baby weight yet? She's already started a diet to lose the pregnancy weight. She soon finds herself on a journey of discovery by having internal conversations with her diet guru -- the author of the self- improvement (diet) book. Is this really happening is all she can think, am I really getting a divorce? Is this what I want? Maybe if I lose some weight he will take me back? THE DIVORCE DIET will have you chuckling out loud and at the same time, feeling horrible for what Abigail is going through.
THE DIVORCE DIET by Ellen Hawley is a really funny but at other times a heart wrenching story. I laughed out loud through most of Abigail's story. The parent / adult child relationship is spot on and I felt all the pain she was feeling. It is an interesting take on a common theme -- between rooting for Abigail and gasping in disbelief at the garbage her husband pulls on her, this was a real page-turner. The conversations Abigail has with herself and her silly diet guru are Abigail's way of dealing with the pain she is feeling. You can't help but open up your heart to her and pray for her that she makes it through all this sadness.
THE DIVORCE DIET is highly recommended to lighten those post- Christmas extra pounds blues. There are recipes at the end of the book and even those are very funny. I loved the way Ellen Hawley took me from Abigail's so called perfect marriage into single motherhood and learning so much about herself. Maybe her marriage wasn't all that, as she soon discovers.
It was wonderful to watch Abigail grow and become a stronger woman. She was dealt a lousy hand and wonders how her life became what it is. After some time, she must figure out what she wants to do with her life and how she is going to take care of her daughter. You will find yourself cheering her on and wanting to strangle her husband! I'm so excited to have found a new author who knows exactly how to speak to her readers and keep us flipping the pages.
"Revenge is sweet. Reinventing yourself is even sweeter." --Cathy Lamb Abigail is sure the only thing standing between her and happiness is the weight she gained along with her beloved new baby. Until she instantly loses 170 pounds of husband. When Thad declares that "this whole marriage thing" is no longer working, a shell-shocked Abigail takes her infant daughter, Rosie, and moves back to her parents' house. Floundering, she turns to an imaginary guru and best friend, the author of her new weight-loss book. But surviving heartache, finding a job, and staying sane as a suddenly single new mom isn't easy, especially on a diet--sorry, life journey. Make an inventory of your skills, Abigail's guru instructs. Abigail loves cooking and preparing food--real food, not the fatless, joyless dishes her diet prescribes, or the instant-frozen-artificially flavored fare she finds in her mother's kitchen. So far, following everyone else's rules has led to being broke, lonely, and facing a lifetime of poached eggs, faux mayonnaise, and jobs in chain restaurants. What might happen if Abigail followed her own recipe for a good life instead?... Bitingly funny, wise, and insightful, Ellen Hawley's fresh new novel is an ode to food and self-discovery for any woman who's ever walked away from a relationship--or a diet--to find what true satisfaction is all about.
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