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May 1, 1993 · Will Lightbody is a man with a stomach ailment whose only sin is loving his wife, Eleanor, too much. Eleanor is a health nut of the first stripe, and when in 1907 she journeys to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's infamous Battle Creek Spa to live out the vegetarian ethos, poor Will goes too.
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Eleanor Lightbody is introduced in the novel as one who is emotionally vulnerable because she has just lost her newborn baby girl. Eleanor falls for the false claims of one of the biggest quacks...
In the novel, the character Will Lightbody brings up this phrase and incurs Kellogg's wrath. The Road to Wellville was adapted into a movie in 1994, directed by Alan Parker and starring Anthony Hopkins (as John Harvey Kellogg), Bridget Fonda , Matthew Broderick , John Cusack , Michael Lerner , Dana Carvey (as George Kellogg), Lara Flynn Boyle ...
- T. Coraghessan Boyle
- 496 p.
- 1993
- May 1, 1993
Will and Eleanor Lightbody live in Michigan. Eleanor is a big fan of psychotherapist John Harvey Kellogg who operates a sanitarium in Battle Creek. Will is an alcoholic with almost no willpower, but she drags him along to see the sanatorium. He is in recover from drug addiction. And, to make things worse, the couple recently miscarried a pregnancy.
Will Lightbody is a man with a stomach ailment whose only sin is loving his wife, Eleanor, too much. Eleanor is a health nut of the first stripe, and when in 1907 she journeys to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s infamous Battle Creek Spa to live out the vegetarian ethos, poor Will goes too.
- Paperback
May 1, 1994 · Will Lightbody is a man with a stomach ailment whose only sin is loving his wife, Eleanor too much. Eleanor is a health nut, and when in 1907 she journeys to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's infamous Battle Creek, Michigan spa to live out the vegetarian ethos, Will goes too. Truth and fiction are blended in this splendid novel full
May 1, 1994 · Penguin Publishing Group, May 1, 1994 - Fiction - 496 pages. Will Lightbody is a man with a stomach ailment whose only sin is loving his wife, Eleanor, too much. Eleanor is a health nut of the...
