- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Arabesque (Dec 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1583140697
- ISBN-13: 978-1583140697
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,285,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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True Love Is For Everybody!, 5 Dec 1999
By B. J. Woodbury - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Look of Love (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)
If you have either experienced or presently live the life of a plus-size woman and felt true love is just not for you. This is the book to read! Ms Jackson has taken the time to provide in this story all the necessary tools a woman must take when she takes the journey of discovery herself. The story offers hope, faith, a new and refreshing outlook, encouragement, strength of endurance, lots of laughs and lastly love. I truly enjoyed this story and how well it was written and thank Monica for doing a story such as this one, its a story that should make women who are facing this today feel real good about themselves after reading it.
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An Excellent story for all us 'Phenomenal Women', 4 Aug 2000
By Margo Long - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Look of Love (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the first novel I've read by Monica Jackson and I enjoyed every bit of it. This is the story of a woman named Carmel Matthews who in the process of running a nursing agency, meets and falls for a sexy Doctor named Steve Reynolds, but because she refers to herself as, and believes herself to be 'a fat pig' she feels she's not good enough for him. Little does she know Steve is very much attracted to her and all her healthy curves and feels she is the sexiest thing going. After seeing a photo of Steve's former wife and photos of other women he's dated, she decides she's going to go on a diet, become supermodel size and have Steve panting over her. Only things didn't quite go as planned. She may not have lost any weight, but she gained the love of a handsome doctor and most importantly she gained the love and exceptance of herself.
This book is for any woman - or a girl on her way to becoming a woman - who feels insecure in any way. One famous line comes to mind.
"I'm a woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that's me." -Dr. Maya Angelou
I loved this book! I can't say it enough. You would be a fool to skip over such good reading.
...and Monica... YOU GO, MY PHENOMENAL SISTER!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Indeed, true love OUTWEIGHS everything else!, 13 July 2000
By Luv2Read "imareader2" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Look of Love (Arabesque) (Mass Market Paperback)
Hats off to Monica Jackson! A great story about two wonderful people. Carmel Matthews had the nerve, as well as the sense, to realize that true love is just that -- true love. Love does not hurt and love is not unkind. Love is not based on how much an individual weighs or what an individual looks like.Although Carmel was a full figured woman, she was still a beautiful person -- not only on the outside, but inside where it really counts. Carmel realized that she had to accept herself as she was -- weight and all -- if she was to respect herself and see herself as she wanted others to see her. Not only did Carmel's views affect herself, but her issues with her weight affected her family members also. Her daughter started seeing herself through Carmel's eyes and it almost resulted in ill health. However, through love, everything worked out.
Now, about Dr. Steve Reynolds! WOW! Dr. Steve turned out to be just what I thought he would be -- one kind, considerate, and nonjudgemental brother. Sure, he had a negative thought or two about Carmel's weight, but he was not thinking as himself, but Steve was thinking as others would think. However, Steve did not hold those thoughts for long. Steve knew what he wanted and went after it -- Carmel, along with her baggage -- her weight!
Ms. Jackson really captured the essence of true love in this one. It should be an inspiration to women, not only to the full figured women, but every woman. Everybody is somebody and if we will just be ourself, we can survive. As the saying goes, "If life gives you lemons, then make lemonade."
For the full-figured women out there, if you are feeling low or discouraged and you have not read Monica Jackson's "The Look of Love," get a copy, sit back, relax, and enjoy. It will truly be an enlightenment to you. And ... for those of us who are not categorized as "full-figured," this book is still an enlightenment. It lets us know that we are not the only females in the world that can turn a man's head -- even a fine man such as the likes of Dr. Steve Reynolds. Keep your chin up girls!
Again, good work, Ms. Jackson! A true eye opener!
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