Such a Pretty Fat, Jen Lancaster
Such a Pretty Fat, Jen Lancaster
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Such a Pretty Fat
One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

Author: Jen Lancaster

Narrator: Jamie Heinlein

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/12/2009

Synopsis

A NOTE FROM JEN LANCASTER:"To whom the fat rolls…I'm tired of books where a self-loathing heroine is teased to the point where she starves herself skinny in hopes of a fabulous new life. And I hate the message that women can't possibly be happy until we all fit into our skinny jeans. I don't find these stories uplifting; they make me want to hug these women and take them out for fizzy champagne drinks and cheesecake and explain to them that until they figure out their insides, their outsides don't matter. Unfortunately, being overweight isn't simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose healthy of positive self-esteem. It’s a health matter, and here on the eve of my fortieth year, I've learned I have to make changes so I don't, you know, die. Because what good is finally being able to afford a pedicure if I lose a foot to adult onset diabetes?"

About The Author

Jen Lancaster is the author of Bitter is the New Black. She has lived in Chicago for ten years with her husband and pets, and has yet to get the hang of the subway or returning library books in a timely manner. Visit www.jennsylvania.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin

I wanted to like this book better, really I did. But the author's writing style grates on me after a while and I really feel so much of this book was filler. She proposed a book about her experiences with weight loss, and then spends too much of the book talking about her book proposal. For most of t......more

Goodreads review by Michele

Memoirs By Nature Are Narcissistic Think about it. You are the writer. The subject is you. The story is of your experiences based on the ideas generated by you. You have to spend a lot of time with yourself and like yourself enough to put it out there for the world to judge. And they DO judge! This f......more

Goodreads review by Judy

Now this book didn't really rate a 5, but it is certainly in 4.5 territory. I loved this book. It's for all of the women who have struggled to lose weight and have been subjected to comments like "You have such a pretty face." I don't get that particular remark. I more often hear, "You in the white......more

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