She's Come Undone

This novel is a coming-of-age odyssey following Dolores Price from her childhood in the 1950s into young womanhood. After her father abandons the family, Dolores and her mother move in with her strict, overbearing grandmother, which sets the stage for a troubled adolescence. Following a traumatic assault and her mother's death, Dolores turns to food for comfort, leading to extreme weight gain and a sense of being 'beached like a whale' as she attempts to navigate college. A breakdown culminates in a suicide attempt, after which she is institutionalized at the Gracewood Institute. The story chronicles Dolores's seven years of intensive psychiatric work, her eventual emotional breakthrough, loss of weight, and her journey toward self-acceptance, love, and renewal as she strives to move past her painful history and build a life on her own terms.

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