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Sweetness #9
Sweetness #9: A Novel | Stephan Eirik Clark
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"Funny and moving. After this, nothing will ever taste the same again."--T. C. Boyle It's 1973, and David Leveraux has landed his dream job as a Flavorist-in-Training, working in the secretive industry where chemists create the flavors for everything from the cherry in your can of soda to the butter on your popcorn. While testing a new artificial sweetener--"Sweetness #9"--he notices unusual side-effects in the laboratory rats and monkeys: anxiety, obesity, mutism, and a generalized dissatisfaction with life. David tries to blow the whistle, but he swallows it instead. Years later, Sweetness #9 is America's most popular sweetener--and David's family is changing. His wife is gaining weight, his son has stopped using verbs, and his daughter suffers from a generalized dissatisfaction with life. Is Sweetness #9 to blame, along with David's failure to stop it? Or are these just symptoms of the American condition? David's search for an answer unfolds in this expansive novel that is at once a comic satire, a family story, and a profound exploration of our deepest cultural anxieties. Wickedly funny and wildly imaginative, Sweetness #9 questions whether what we eat truly makes us who we are.
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Lola
Sweetness #9: A Novel | Stephan Eirik Clark
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I️ was really looking forward to reading this one, but like so many of my books, it slides down the TBR when newer books get piled on top of it 🙃 #bookwormproblems #nine #NovemberByTheNumbers @JoeStalksBeck @Tiffy_Reads

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Jaimelire
Sweetness #9: A Novel | Stephan Eirik Clark
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Different. It started off kind of like I expected, but the ending was far from my expectations. Overall, I liked it.

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Jaimelire
Sweetness #9: A Novel | Stephan Eirik Clark
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Decided to try something a bit different. I have been reading a lot of historical fiction and mystery lately....this book seems far from those. The summary sounds interesting (and kind of weirdly funny). So far, first chapter is good.

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Jaimelire
Sweetness #9: A Novel | Stephan Eirik Clark
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Ok, I probably shouldn't even walk by a bookstore anymore. Look what happens! 😜
At the beginning of summer I brought two boxes of books to the book share/recycling center...well now my pile is almost as big as it was before I went. I have serious issues.

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LuLeeBelle
Sweetness #9: A Novel | Stephan Eirik Clark
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When a weekly Dollar Tree trip has some surprises in store 💕

Notafraidofwords Love Mamba in Chinatown! 7y
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Pruzy
Sweetness #9: A Novel | Stephan Eirik Clark
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This is the closest book I have to #foodiefiction. Apparently it's about a man who invents a new artificial sweetener in the 70s which then becomes the most popular sweetener used in the US. Later, he starts noticing there may be side effects...I feel like this book may be in the same vein as Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley (full disclosure, I only saw the movie). Anyway this has been on my #tbr for a while. #ReadJanuary

Kat_Reads This reminds me of 7y
Pruzy @Kat_Reads Read the synopsis for Sweet, it does seem reminiscent! 7y
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