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I 2nd that!!

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"Stranger Here" by Jen Larsen

I have read this one, I really enjoyed it. It gave a really great perspective on the emotional/mental parts of surgery.

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I have read this one' date=' I really enjoyed it. It gave a really great perspective on the emotional/mental parts of surgery.[/quote']

Hi Macy6,

At the end of "Stranger Here", did you cry out in frustration, "what happened to Ben???", like I did?

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Hi Macy6' date='

At the end of "Stranger Here", did you cry out in frustration, "what happened to Ben???", like I did?[/quote']

No because I read the epilogue and she is with a woman now

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Really? That's interesting. I missed that. I'll have to re-read that section. Another sleever and I were discussing the book and had the same question. Thanks.

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Great topic! I hadn't considered there would be books on the subject, but I'll be downloading several of these right away.

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I will have to look into some of these other ones!

My favs been the one by Linda - beyond the refrigerator

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On my way to the book store!!

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I did download Eat it Up as first mentioned by Tigerbelle. It's very powerful!

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Can we sticky this thread?

I'm so sorry I'm just now catching up on this thread! Everyone's suggestions are SO wonderful, can't thank you all enough!

I don't know how to "sticky" a thread...if someone tells me how (if I need to be the one to do it) I'm happy to!

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Ohh sticky it would be good!!!

I don't know how to do it- guess an admin would need to be asked to do that so it won't get lost!!

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I also think that only an admin can sticky a topic...maybe our plea will be heard ^_^

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I was actually wondering if we could start a forum called "WLS Book Club." Then each WLS book a could be its own thread and those of us that had read the book could discuss.

Wonder how we do that?

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