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Good Grief
 

Good Grief

by Lolly Winston

Collector's Edition. Editorial Review: 36-year-old Sophie Stanton has just lost her husband to cancer. But instead of the five stages of grief, there are fourteen: Denial, Oreos, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Ashes, Lust, Waitressing, Mentoring, Dating, Baking, Acceptance, Goodwill, and Thanksgiving. Determined to be a good widow, Sophie nonetheless ends up scarfing cartons of ice cream for... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  contemporary fiction,  chick lit,  grief,  humor (all tags)

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Liked It

Stefanie G
  • Rated 4 stars

“Sad and a little funny; I hope that I'm never a widow...”

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Didn’t Like It

Julie
  • Rated 1 stars

“OK I borrowed this book from Beth on a recommendation. And even though I normally agree with her, I did not like this book. The other night at Shannon's house Shannon said she knew when she lent her friend Julie (not me, another Julie) a book and she didn't finish it right away she didn't like it. Well I realized that was me too. I got about two chapters into this before the overload of similes had me reading aloud to Steve and asking him to count how many times I said the word "like."...”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.668919 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Kelcie K

    kelcie k said:

    “This book really surprised me... I totally loved it. It made me want to move to a small town and bake pies all day! ”

    posted Sunday, April 13 2008
  • thesnoopyone

    thesnoopyone said:

    “I really enjoyed this book. I thought it would be Maudlin or depressing. It had the serious aspects of grieving in it but enough humor to show that the character could perservere and move on.”

    posted Saturday, April 12 2008
  • nehal2182

    nehal2182 said:

    “Very good,Great story! The author was able to make you cry on one page, then laugh on the next, and do both on others.i'd change it a little.”

    posted Saturday, September 29 2007
  • meshuggepup

    meshuggepup said:

    “I loved this book.
    You get to follow this women on a journey. It is filled with humor and pathos and silliness and many elements are quite real. Good Grief for me was a completely satisfying novel. It is the kind that makes you head for the bookstore to see what else
    Lolly Winston has written.”

    posted Sunday, August 19 2007
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