My Mother Is A French Fry And Further Proof Of My Fuzzed-Up Life (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Alright. I was enjoying this book up till about the middle.The protagonist Eli Smyth is struggling to live her life as normal as she possibly can with her mother being the neighborhood French Fry. No really, she dresses as a giant foam french fry carton as a part time job. Her mother also decorates their house with the neighbors' garbage which makes her mother even more embarrassing.Long story short: Eli and her life were quite entertaining, up till her bitchiness and perpetual unprovoked hate for her mother pretty much turned me off from the rest of the story. I mean, I did like the writing of the book, but Eli was biggest fault. Sure the main character is supposed to have their problems that their supposed to work through, but I'd prefer if she - Colleen Sydor - wouldn't have had four fifths of the book be about Eli's problem! Sure she "came to her senses", but it was at the every end of the book!!It was very anticlimactic. Both funny and poignant (sp?). I was expecting more of a fluff/funny type book but there are actually some deeper issues explored here. Eli's relationship with her mother is complex and she must come to terms with her feelings of guilt and responsibility regarding an event that transpired when she was six. I also liked that a gay couple is featured prominently, not as an "issue" but just as the parents of Eli's best friend.
What do You think about My Mother Is A French Fry And Further Proof Of My Fuzzed-Up Life (2008)?
i like when her mom is dressed as a french fry and she thinks she is really a french fry
—gb20151
Hahaha This book was definatly strange, But all in all it was pretty good.
—cdj616fun
Super funny actualty like the life of a teenager
—lfwpoetperson
