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Everyone Is Beautiful: A Novel (edition 2009)

by Katherine Center

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Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Lanie Coatesâ??s life is spinning out of control. Sheâ??s piled everything she owns into a U-Haul and driven with her husband, Peter, and their three little boys from their cozy Texas home to a multiflight walkup in the Northeast. Sheâ??s left behind family, friends, and a comfortable lifeâ??all so her husband can realize his dream of becoming a professional musician. But somewhere in the eye of her personal hurricane, it hits Lanie that she once had dreams too.
These days, Lanie always seems to rank herself dead lastâ??and when another mom accidentally criticizes her appearance, itâ??s the final straw. Fifteen years, three babies, and more pounds than sheâ??s willing to count since the day she said â??I do,â?ť Lanie longs desperately to feel like her old self again. Lanie sets change in motionâ??joining a gym, signing up for photography classes, and finding a new best friend. But she also creates waves that come to threaten her whole life. In the end, Lanie must figure out once and for all how to find herself without losing e
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Title:Everyone Is Beautiful: A Novel
Authors:Katherine Center
Info:Ballantine Books (2009), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 256 pages
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Everyone Is Beautiful by Katherine Center

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Not my favorite of her books. ( )
  cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 |
Just delightfully descriptive and page turning....sweetly funny. How did Center possibly come up with so many examples of three little boys doing so many kinds of things??? I'm sure there are mothers who can relate. ( )
  nyiper | Jan 9, 2023 |
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
Finally taking the time to record my review of this book. It took me awhile to get to it, and honestly, I wish I'd read it sooner - I found it intensely relatable as someone who also shares the roles of "wife" and "mother", though I'm now at a point in my life where I have neither a husband nor young children. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading other works of Ms. Center's. 
  Violaine | Mar 10, 2022 |
A great book about a stay-at-home mother transforming her life after having three boys.

The only problem I had with the novel is toward the ending when the author tried to force a "take away" message about beauty and love. I think those intellectual, self-realization passages tainted the overall story which was told with grace, humor, and insight. ( )
  AngelaLam | Feb 8, 2022 |
I had higher expectations for this book. I thought I would be able to relate, and it would send a positive message about beauty... instead, the main character was pretty unlikable. It reinforced gender roles (her friend's daughter only owned dresses and sat primly, rather than play in the sandbox? Seriously?) and the main character was so self-absorbed, it was frustrating. ( )
  Sbojo32 | Jan 30, 2019 |
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For my husband, Gordon Center, who is the reason I believe so much in love
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The day I decided to change my life, I was wearing sweatpants and an old oxford of Peter's with a coffee stain down the front.
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Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Lanie Coatesâ??s life is spinning out of control. Sheâ??s piled everything she owns into a U-Haul and driven with her husband, Peter, and their three little boys from their cozy Texas home to a multiflight walkup in the Northeast. Sheâ??s left behind family, friends, and a comfortable lifeâ??all so her husband can realize his dream of becoming a professional musician. But somewhere in the eye of her personal hurricane, it hits Lanie that she once had dreams too.
These days, Lanie always seems to rank herself dead lastâ??and when another mom accidentally criticizes her appearance, itâ??s the final straw. Fifteen years, three babies, and more pounds than sheâ??s willing to count since the day she said â??I do,â?ť Lanie longs desperately to feel like her old self again. Lanie sets change in motionâ??joining a gym, signing up for photography classes, and finding a new best friend. But she also creates waves that come to threaten her whole life. In the end, Lanie must figure out once and for all how to find herself without losing e

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Lanie ​Coates egy nap rádöbben, hogy nem ilyen életre vágyott. Hiába van három fia, akiket imád, hiába büszke a férjére, akiből egyszer talán híres zeneszerző lesz, hiába valósult meg számára az „amerikai álom", mégsem boldog. Kétségbeesetten próbál visszaemlékezni fiatalkori álmaira, de minden energiáját lekötik a gyerekek, és képtelen kiszabadulni a hétköznapok taposómalmából. Végül egy szerencsétlen találkozás egy régi iskolatárssal megadja neki a lökést, amely ahhoz kell, hogy megváltoztassa az életét.

Lanie nekiáll, hogy kihalássza a pelenkás doboz aljáról azt a ragyogó embert, aki azelőtt volt, mielőtt az anyaság minden mást kiszorított az életéből. Sportolni kezd, visszatalál régi hobbijához, megpróbál új életet lehelni szexuális életébe, és legfőképpen azért küzd, hogy elhitesse önmagával: még mindig szép – bár ez utóbbi sokkal nehezebb feladatnak bizonyul, mint gondolta. Az idő múlásával egyre elkeseredettebben vágyik arra, hogy újra régi önmaga legyen – ám ezt egyáltalán nem olyan könnyű elérnie, főleg miután rádöbben, hogy a nagy átalakulással a házasságát is veszélybe sodorja…

„Hajszálpontos leírása annak a kimerítő és gyönyörű időszaknak, amit anyaságnak hívunk. Tiszta szívből szurkoltam az írónőnek, és együtt nevettem vele"

– Marisa De Los Santos –
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