In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to
hitch a wild ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most
heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. Meet Dolores
Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood
goodbye. Stranded in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few
years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi
that her anxious mother supplies. When she finally orbits into young
womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder.
But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself
one more chance before she "really" goes under.