Saturday, April 5, 2008
Through Thick and Thin

This morning I finished "Through Thick and Thin" by Alison Pace. I have to say I very much enjoyed it. I found it to be quite unpredictable which was refreshing. There were moments when the story took an unexpected turn and I hated it, but then there were moments of the opposite caliber.

The premise of the book was about relationships gone awry. Two sisters who are struggling to cope with weight gain and issues of love. Two sisters who should be able to help each other out and instead end up growing apart.

One sister is an accomplished writer, but she writes food reviews and so she feels over weight, but also stuck to that fact because dieting is almost impossible when you write reviews. She is also lonely and so she ends up adopting a dog whom she named D.B. Sweeney. She loves him so much she signs him up for a dog yoga class. Oh yes, you heard me right and it is called Doga. As insane as I still feel that part of the book was, it also was nice to have the chuckles while thinking of dogs sitting on a mat and saying "oohmmmmm."

The other sister is married and has a baby girl. Right off the bat you know there is a problem between her and her husband, but even she is unaware as to what the problem is until later in the book. The seriousness overwhelms her and she even more tries to gain control of something by trying to lose all of the "baby weight" she gained during pregnancy. Even if it meant counting every calorie and writing down every bite.

No need to tell you more, because if you are interested now then you should read it and if you're not well then you probably either: a) don't care or b) think you are so smart you already have it figured out.

I liked it. Out of 5 stars I gladly give it 4.5.

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