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Summary: The Best
Review: Cheryl is tops! The stories are short that you can put this book down and pick it up without losing anything. That is -- IF you can put it down. I couldn't wait to find out what was happening in the next chapter. Each chapter takes you on a new journey. This is a wonderful book.
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Summary: The Best
Review: Cheryl is tops! The stories are short that you can put this book down and pick it up without losing anything. That is -- IF you can put it down. I couldn't wait to find out what was happening in the next chapter. Each chapter takes you on a new journey. This is a wonderful book.
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Summary: A Voice of Her Own
Review: Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs has been compared to the writing of Erma Bombeck. It seems that publishers and publicists feel obliged, when pushing an author who is funny, to compare women to Erma Bombeck and men to Bill Bryson or Dave Barry. Sometimes they awkwardly compare a woman to Bill Bryson -- "a female Bill Bryson!" They never compare a funny male author to Erma Bombeck -- "a male Erma Bombeck!" But I digress.Cheryl Peck has a voice that is all her own. These short pieces are not hysterically funny. They would not make a good stand-up routine. But they are very well-written. Peck turns seemingly mundane subjects such as growing tomatoes and her first chocolate malt into compelling essays. The pieces about her cat, Babycakes, wander precariously close to the edge of precious, but, to my mind, never go too far. The essay about not coming out to her father was thoughtful, and powerful in its understated style. I especially love the story of how this book came to be. Friends of Peck convinced her to write down the amusing stories she told them and she finally did, and another friend helped her self-publish it as a book for her family and friends. And now here it is, doing quite well on Amazon.com and at my neighborhood bookstore and at the local library. Well done!
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Summary: Amazing Book
Review: I found this book to be funny, sad, quiet and loud all rolled into one. Cheryl Peck makes you part of her family which is as crazy as the rest of ours.
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Summary: What a hoot!
Review: I've had this book for less than 24 hours and have read it laughing out loud, with tears in my eyes, and soaking it up like rich conversation with a dear old friend. I even read one story over the phone to my mother, another to my girlfriend, and still another to one of my sisters. Reading Peck's book left me wondering if she's been looking over my shoulder in my own life!? It'll be the give-away book of the year from me to my bestest of friends!
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Summary: What a hoot!
Review: I've had this book for less than 24 hours and have read it laughing out loud, with tears in my eyes, and soaking it up like rich conversation with a dear old friend. I even read one story over the phone to my mother, another to my girlfriend, and still another to one of my sisters. Reading Peck's book left me wondering if she's been looking over my shoulder in my own life!? It'll be the give-away book of the year from me to my bestest of friends!
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Summary: mikeknox.com
Review: Once again the title speaks for itself. At first I thought it was a diet book because fat chicks in lawn chairs aren't working out so they get fat. Then I read the book and laughed. Fat chicks are funny.
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Summary: Delightful fun!
Review: Outrageous fun to read. I laughed and cried my way through it. I think I'll purchase copies and give them away at Christmans. :) And, to the author, I hope you see this: I think you are VERY TALENTED! You do, indeed, have a gifted way with words.
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Summary: Delightful fun!
Review: Outrageous fun to read. I laughed and cried my way through it. I think I'll purchase copies and give them away at Christmans. :) And, to the author, I hope you see this: I think you are VERY TALENTED! You do, indeed, have a gifted way with words.
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Summary: 4.5 stars!
Review: Peck writes an astonishingly hilarious book! I laughed outloud so many times while reading this book! It is a rare find to read a series of mini-essays, in the form of an autobiography, written by an individual who is so comfortable in their own skin and accepts themselves and their life experiences the way Peck has. She holds nothing back - and is genuine in the process. The author certainly has a delightful sense of humor and the mere reading of her book reminds us that we all need to laugh at ourselves from time to time, especially if we want to be happy in our lives. The style of prose is quite humorous and the imagery very vivid. I intend to have my students read chapters of her book and analyze the writing style - for it is an outstanding model for such a task. Be forewarned, though, not every essay is as intriguing as the others. Regardless, the book is an excellent read.
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