Fat Girl
A True Story

This book should've been condensed into a tight, dynamite essay. There was a heartbreaking but ironic narration that was great at first. But, as a whole book, I began to feel the way I do when I'm watching a comedian onstage telling the same joke again and again, wondering why my drink isn't stronge......more

WOW. This books is funny in parts but mostly sad. I related with the author and sometimes it really bummed me out how alike our feelings towards weight and food were. She describes food in a way that makes me want to run to the store right now and buy tons of comfort food ingredients. Seriously, I h......more

Did you ever read a book that opened up old wounds, but helped you deal with some of your own demons? That is Fat Girl for me. She said things that I felt growing up. I didn't have the same relationship with my mother, but I had a brother who did the same amount of damage. I always wonder why some o......more

This book broke my heart. This is an honest memoir of great proportions - this book gives you an inside look at what it means to be a large girl in a world that does not accept you. This is about bad parenting, school bullying, and an insatiable need for comfort, with no apologies, need or want of p......more