Eating Heaven

I read about 100 books a year, and seldom have I been so taken with a novel. The book was a sensual feast, the characters were beautifully real. I'll recommend this story and this author to dozens of friends.

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.

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.

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!

I read Eating Heaven because I loved Jennie Shortridge's first book, Riding with the Queen. I was almost afraid to read the second one, because sometimes authors can't "do it again" after a great first book. I was thrilled to find that it was even better! Ms. Shortridge has managed to plumb the depths of family and love once again, maybe even deeper this time. This story of a larger woman who doesn't feel worthwhile (mostly because her mother is so horrible) and finds love and redemption and self-love through taking care of a dying uncle feels even more real than Riding with the Queen I've never been to Oregon, but now I want to go! It sounds so beautiful. And reading this book will leave you seriously hungry! The food descriptions are mouthwatering.