The Divorce Diet, Ellen Hawley
The Divorce Diet, Ellen Hawley
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The Divorce Diet

Author: Ellen Hawley

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/30/2014

Categories: Fiction, Women

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The Divorce Diet is a novel that should be dedicated to every woman who ever walked away from a man—or a diet. It's bitingly funny and insightful, while celebrating food and self-discovery—just don't read it while you're hungry. It's perfect for fans of Julie and Julia and Eat, Pray, Love.Abigail loves her baby Rosie, her husband Thad, and food. She takes great joy and comfort in concocting culinary delights to show the depth of her love and commitment to her family. Imagine her surprise when Thad announces, "this whole marriage thing … just doesn't work for me." Abigail can't believe he really means what he's said, but he does. Abigail and Rosie move back in to her parents' house, where she regresses into her adolescent self. She diets, finds work, and begins to discover the life she really wants, and a man who really wants her.

About Ellen Hawley

Ellen Hawley is the author of the novels Open Line and Trip Sheets. She worked as an editor for Graywolf Press, Macmillan Reference, and Milkweed Editions and taught creative writing in several universities and colleges. She currently lives in Cornwall.

About Erin Bennett

Erin Bennett is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a stage actress who played Carlie Roberts in the BBC radio drama Torchwood: Submission. She can be heard on several video games. Regional theater appearances include the Intiman, Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, and the Getty Villa. She trained at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Margaret on October 23, 2014

I’ve been divorced. Once or twice. OK, twice. Point being, I know a thing or two about the emotional hit you take when the other says, “It’s not you, it’s me.” I’ve also been on a diet. Once or twice, I’ve needed to shed a couple of pounds. OK, several dozen pounds. Point being, I am familiar with th......more

Goodreads review by SoWrongItsRANDI {Bell, Book & Candle} on March 06, 2015

Bell, Book & Candle | Divorce Diet Review & Giveaway This was me the entire book.. Pop quiz - You're significant other has told you your marriage together "isn't working for him". Do you: a) Go to marriage counseling? b) Throw dishes at him? c) Plead for him to stay? d) Take your child and leave, and tr......more

Goodreads review by Judy on December 30, 2014

A very special thank you to Kensington and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Divorce Diet by Ellen Hawley is a fiercely honest, hip, and edgy account of one woman’s journey of marriage, and motherhood to—life after divorce, dieting, single motherhood, survival, and search fo......more

Goodreads review by Jim on May 15, 2020

Very funny book with emotional intelligence. The main character Abigail starts as an insecure, shallow person but grows throughout the book. I appreciated how that growth exhibits in relation to her estranged husband, her parents, and others. Perhaps as much as the first three quarters of the book se......more

Goodreads review by Annabel on January 08, 2015

Abigail is on a diet. And then her life falls apart. Coincidence? I think not! Diets never end well... Ok, perhaps it wasn't the diet that caused all of her problems... Abigail's asshole husband, Thad (her words, not mine!), played a large part in the demise of her upper-middle-class dream world, whe......more

Quotes

“Revenge is sweet. Reinventing yourself after getting knocked down by a cheating husband and creating a whole new life filled with recipes, an imaginary guru, and a food column is even sweeter. Loved the whole book.” Cathy Lamb, author of If You Could See What I See

“Food and love and loss and resilience—and a terrific narrative playfulness—are Hawley’s recipe for a slyly entertaining and heartening novel.” Daniel Menaker, author of The Treatment and former New Yorker editor, magazine writer, and book publisher

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