Pretty Woman
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Pretty Woman
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Johanna Parker
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Narrated by:
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Johanna Parker
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Fern Michaels
About this listen
Rosie Gardener fell under the spell of handsome Kent Bliss, and not even her best friend Vickie could persuade her that her fiancé was a two-timing cad. Now it's her third wedding anniversary, and Rosie, fed up with Kent's mistreatment, realizes her estranged best friend was right. But the day after kicking Kent out and beginning a diet and exercise regime, Rosie experiences another life-changing event: she wins $302 million in the Wonderball lottery. Now with Kent lurking in the shadows to claim a share of her money, Rosie needs her friends more than ever. As she works out under the eye of sexy personal trainer Jack Silver, a stronger new Rosie emerges—a woman who wants to learn to trust love once again. Can she keep her vow not to be stopped by Kent's bitterness and her own self-doubts and jump into life with a passion she didn't know she possessed?
I went into this story expecting a “broke woman wins the lottery, now follow along as she improves her life but learns money isn’t all the answer” type story.
Instead, I got “already wealthy woman who is obsessed with, and loathes, her overweight body spends the story getting fit and losing weight and doesn’t even claim the lottery money throughout the main part of the story” (the outcome of the lottery money is one you’ll need to discover if you read this, as it’s a plot point, but it isn’t resolved one way or another until the epilogue.
So, I didn’t get the story I was expecting, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. However, the MFC’s obsession with her weight, and the way some of her so called friends talk to her about it, was yuck, and came from a place of self loathing rather than a desire to be healthier stemming from love for herself. She was also a pretty crappy friend, surrounded by people who were generally also not super like-able.
Then, basically the story felt like chapters and chapters of “how to exercise and diet based on outdated concepts of nutrition and exercise” mixed with some “you can find love with an average looking man but you still better be attractive”.
Underwhelming, and not for me.
Not for me - self loathing, fat shaming, and unhealthy friendships
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