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Title details for Everyone Is Beautiful by Katherine Center - Wait list

Everyone Is Beautiful

by Katherine Center
Kirsten Potter
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Lanie Coates’s life is spinning out of control. She’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. She’s left behind family, friends, and a comfortable life–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 last–and when another mom accidentally criticizes her appearance, it’s the final straw. Fifteen years, three babies, and more pounds than she’s willing to count since the day she said “I do,” Lanie longs desperately to feel like her old self again. Lanie sets change in motion–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 everything else in the process.

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  • Release date

    March 3, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415959985
      • File size: 217361 KB
      • Duration: 07:32:50

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Lanie Coates, a stay-at-home mom with three children under the age of 5, moves from Houston to Cambridge with her husband. Kirsten Potter narrates this story of child-rearing and friendship in a bright, clear voice full of emotion. As Lanie adjusts to her new home, she also seeks meaning in her life. As the author provides insights into the hectic days of a mother with more children than hands, an over-busy husband, and new friends, Potter ably disappears into Lanie's character, fully engaged in this story of everyday life. Halfway through the novel, Lanie discovers photography, and the story takes off along with her. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 29, 2008
      When Lanie Coates moves from Houston to Cambridge, Mass., with her musician husband, Peter, she loses her support system and quickly becomes overwhelmed by her three small boys and a self-image that's sagging both literally and figuratively. In this agreeable mom-lit entry from the author of The Bright Side of Disaster
      , Lanie, a former painter, finds beauty in everyone but herself, and especially adores Peter, even though the two of them seem to be drifting apart. The early chapters nearly sink beneath the weight of routine housekeeping details and scenes describing the children's bodily functions and fascination with their body parts, matters most parents have experienced, but which don't necessarily make for great fiction. However, as Lanie begins to find herself through a newfound passion for photography, the story gains traction, and the tension grows as her photography teacher turns out to be a smitten kitten. Like real-life marriage with children, this book offers enough sparkling moments to compensate for the tedium.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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