Eating Heaven (Paperback)

by Jennie Shortridge (Author) "Cheese..." (more)
Key Phrases: eating heaven, Eleanor Samuels, Henry Bouche, Aunt Yolanda (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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A delightful, charming heroine plauged with an appetite smaller only than her good and gracious heart. I loved the book! -- Ayelet Waldman, author of Daughter's Keeper

Eating Heaven stole my heart. It's rich and sweet with humor, heartbreak, and a healthy serving of love. -- Caren Lissner, author of Starting From Square Two

Exactly the kind of book I most love to read--funny, sad, sensual, and hopeful. Jennie Shortridge is a wise woman. -- Barbara Samuel, author of Lady Luck's Map of Vegas

Jennie Shortridge's lovingly drawn characters will inhabit your soul and win your heart. I love this book. -- Lisa Tucker, author of Shout Down the Moon and The Song Reader

Powerful and provocative...a novel you don't soon forget. -- Valerie Frankel, author of The Girlfriend Curse

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Powerful and provocative...a novel you don't soon forget. (Valerie Frankel, author of The Girlfriend Curse)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: NAL Trade; 1st Thus. edition (September 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451216431
• ISBN-13: 978-0451216434
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #380,011 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, February 24, 2006

By	Jennifer E. Abrams (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Jennie Shortridge's Eating Heaven is one of the best books I have read. I connected with Eleanor and her interesting family in ways I didn't know I could. Uncle Benny and his struggle with pancreatic cancer was not only close to home for me personally, but it taught me a lot about the way we love and who we love and what constitutes family. This is a wonderful book about family, life, food, and finding what you need, even if it's not what you think you want. I highly recommend this novel.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Touching , February 15, 2006

By	Read24/7 - See all my reviews

I loved this book. It's the story of Eleanor and her relationship with food, her mother, her 2 sisters and an uncle who is about to die. The characters all had such depth that I felt as if I truly knew them. The writing had wonderful flow and I could not put it down.....I did not want this book to end.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For women of all shapes and sizes!, November 30, 2005

By	Allie Fairaway (Silver Springs, MD) - See all my reviews

A beautiful story about a beautiful-on-the-inside larger woman and how she cares for her dying uncle and is brought back to life herself. There's lots of food, humor, tears, reality, family, and of course, love. This book is written so much better than most of the ones we see in this kind of women's lit (NOT chick). The author is poetic in places, then stark raving real in others, and it works. If you love Jennifer Weiner's books, Good Grief, and that kind of thing, don't miss it!