Good Luck with That
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Starred review from August 13, 2018
Higgins (Now That You Mention It) writes with uncommon grace and empathy about a fraught topic for many people: weight. Marley, Georgia, and Emerson meet as children at a camp for overweight teenagers. Fast forward to adulthood: Emerson dies young—and makes Marley and Georgia vow to relish every moment of life, starting with the “things we’ll do when we’re skinny” list they composed one summer at camp. Told in alternating first-person chapters, the story follows Marley and Georgia as they learn their value and their own beauty, while Emerson’s interspersed journal entries address a dream version of herself. Higgins doesn’t pull any punches as she starkly illustrates how the judgmental attitudes of even close friends and family—brilliantly illustrated by Georgia’s cruel and overbearing brother and her brittle, skinnier-than-thou mother—can caustically eat away at self-worth. The author provides sharp psychological insight into her characters, such as when Georgia thinks, “Life was kind and full of chances. Sometimes we didn’t take them. Sometimes we hid our truth and acted out of fear. Sometimes we turned away and closed the door.” This novel is a winner.
A trio of amazing performers, Xe Sands, Lori Gardner, and Suzi Jackson, narrates the story of three women who struggle with their self-image. Following the dying wishes of their friend Emerson, Georgia and Morgan struggle to overcome their fight with their weight and self-image and to complete their teenage wish lists, which include such items as "Wear your shirt tucked in" and "Hold hands in public." Friendship and love are the themes of this heartwarming story. Sands portrays Marley in a matter-of-fact, somewhat morose tone. Gardner portrays Georgia in a bright, cheery tone that suggests she will eventually overcome all obstacles. Jackson portrays Emerson with hope in her voice. Listeners will be drawn into this uplifting story of women who are determined to overcome what life dishes out. M.B.K. � AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
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