Book description
A angst-filled memoir of one woman's obsession with food and one's body offers a poignant coming-of-age story that sets the author's love/hate relationship with food against her painful longing for a family, love, and a sense of belonging. By the author of Never Eat Your Heart Out. 35,000 first printing.
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1 author picked Fat Girl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is a memoir of the childhood and early adulthood of a woman overshadowed by her own weight.
The writing in this book is beautiful and evocative, particularly the descriptions of food and eating. That being said, this work is, otherwise, a tough read. The author feels unwanted and alone. She never achieves self-love or the sense of belonging she desires. Moore grew up long before size positivity existed and so she focused her energy and strength on changing rather than accepting herself.
Though it is, at times, an excruciating chronicle of pain, this memoir is an important work…
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