Fat Girl's Guide to Life
«'Funny, feminist, fat, friendly and fierce. It's food, it's fulfilling' Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues 'Wendy Shanker's self-help memoir isn't just for overweight women. The frank and funny look at living large in America will resonate with any woman who has obsessed over her body image (and who hasn't?)' Chicago Sun-Times 'Unlike most dieters in her position, Shanker's turned that frustration to good use, producing a feisty, funny book ... It details her weight-battling experiences while putting a persuasive case for being fat and happy: she's clearly both' Independent on Sunday 'Don't mistake this for a ten-step self-help program. Shanker's mad, and she's not going to take it anymore ... The writing is witty, the arguments cogent, and Shanker presents a winning persona. Her message is empowering' Boston Globe»
Vibrant, vivacious and gorgeous, Wendy Shanker is a fat girl who has simply had enough - enough of family, friends, co-workers, women's magazines, even strangers on the street all trying (and failing) to make her thin. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780747578833
- Utgivelsesår
- 2006
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«'Funny, feminist, fat, friendly and fierce. It's food, it's fulfilling' Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues 'Wendy Shanker's self-help memoir isn't just for overweight women. The frank and funny look at living large in America will resonate with any woman who has obsessed over her body image (and who hasn't?)' Chicago Sun-Times 'Unlike most dieters in her position, Shanker's turned that frustration to good use, producing a feisty, funny book ... It details her weight-battling experiences while putting a persuasive case for being fat and happy: she's clearly both' Independent on Sunday 'Don't mistake this for a ten-step self-help program. Shanker's mad, and she's not going to take it anymore ... The writing is witty, the arguments cogent, and Shanker presents a winning persona. Her message is empowering' Boston Globe»