The Big Beautiful

I literally read this book in one sitting. Not only are the characters people you want to sit down to supper with, the settings are so compelling I was ready to get in my car and head to the beach! Most enjoyable 10-hour reading marathon I've undertaken in a long time.

This is one of those books that you can't stop reading, but then you are disappointed when it's over. The characters were so well-developed that I felt I knew each and every one. I give this book 5 stars!

The Big Beautiful is about finding your way when you are not willing to just settle for what life deals you. When Cassandra leaves Dennis at the alter, she knows that marriage to him is wrong but what does she want now? Many readers will identify with 40-ish Cassandra as she is a woman with questions about life that many of us have asked - some times she wants a fairy tale ending to the situation she is in; sometimes she longs for real love like her aunt and uncle have. Humor abounds - I loved it when Cassandra (a woman of size) threw her Ben and Jerry ice cream and Keebler elves cookies in the ocean and declared she was through with men! And then there is Hector, the ferry boat captain with a teenage daughter, who competes with Dennis for Cassandra's attention. The author has given readers another thought provoking book about real life and relationships and laced it with her special brand of humor!