Dumplin'

Name: Dumplin'
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.25 (108 reviews)
Author: Julie Murphy
ISBN: 9780062421425

Author: Julie Murphy

Series: Dumplin’ #1

Narrator: Eileen Stevens

Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Storytide

Published: 09/15/2015

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes

Synopsis

Now a popular Netflix feature film, starring Jennifer Aniston, Danielle Macdonald, and Dove Cameron, as well as a soundtrack from Dolly Parton!The #1 New York Times bestseller and feel-good YA of the year—about Willowdean Dixon, the fearless, funny, and totally unforgettable heroine who takes on her small town’s beauty pageant.Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body.With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any girl does.Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.

About Julie Murphy

Julie Murphy splits her time between North Texas and Kansas with her husband, who loves her, and her cats, who tolerate her. When Julie isn’t writing, she can be found watching movies so bad they're good, hunting for the perfect slice of cheese pizza, or planning her next great travel adventure. She is the author of the middle grade novels Dear Sweet Pea and Camp Sylvania as well as the young adult novels Ramona Blue, Side Effects May Vary, the Faith series, Pumpkin, Puddin’, and Dumplin’ (now a Netflix original film).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on August 31, 2015

Dumplin' might be the perfect example of why I don't tend to read light-hearted, fluffy contemporaries. Occasionally, my foray into this sub-genre ends with surprising new favourites like Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, but mostly I'm left feeling a little underwhelmed. Many times, I'm thinking "......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on June 22, 2015

If this book were a movie, we'd all be at Julie Murphy's slumber party piled in front of the TV in our jammies, both screaming with laughter and clutching each other the minute someone leaned in for a kiss. This book is: Hilarious. Quietly poignant. Provocative. This book contains: Nuanced friendshi......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 17, 2019

3/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I guess sometimes the perfection we perceive in others is made up of a whole bunch of tiny imperfections, because some days the damn dress just won't zip.” Look, 3 stars isn't a good rating nor a bad rating. But the issues I had with this book sometimes overcame the good stuff. I c......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on May 01, 2017

2.5 stars "If you're gonna go, then go She said to me on the phone So tired of hearin' all your Boy problems If you're gonna stay then stay He's not gonna change anyway So tired of hearin' all your Boy problems" Dumplin' is about Dolly Parton and I opened with a Carly Rae Jepsen song. One, because I'm......more

Goodreads review by Whitney on August 05, 2015

I had such high hopes for this book but it was just.... average. The characters weren't amazing, the story wasn't amazing, etc. I was really excited to read this because I love reading books about fat girls, but her size was rarely mentioned. I know the book isn't supposed to focus on her weight, bu......more