The Fat Girl's Guide to Life by Wendy Shanker (English) Paperback Book

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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. Written in Wendy's wonderfully funny and candid voice, The Fat Girl's Guide to Life provides thought-provoking insights, statistics, and body-image resources intended to restore a realistic standard of beauty and self-acceptance to the 68 percent of American women who wear a size 12 or larger. The Fat Girl's Guide to Life invites you to step off the scale and weigh the issues for yourself.

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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. Written in Wendy's wonderfully funny and candid voice, The Fat Girl's Guide to Life provides thought-provoking insights, statistics, and body-image resources intended to restore a realistic standard of beauty and self-acceptance to the 68 percent of American women who wear a size 12 or larger. The Fat Girl's Guide to Life invites you to step off the scale and weigh the issues for yourself. Wendy Shanker is one of US Weekly's Fashion Police and was the resident humor columnist for Grace Woman magazine. She's appeared on Oxygen, Lifetime, VH1, CNN, The View, and The Ricki Lake Show, and has written for Glamour, Self, Shape, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and MTV. She lives in New York. "This 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 "Thank heavens for Wendy Shanker: She's written a manifesto for all of us who are sick of obsessing over our bodies."-Seventeen "Jagged little pills of body-image wisdom."-Allure "This send-up of the thin-is-in mentality is funny enough to make even diehard dieters consider replacing their baby carrots with Krispy Kremes. Anyone who has ever tried to lose a pound will gain confidence and a sense of humor from Shanker's story."-Publishers Weekly

Author Biography

Wendy Shanker is one of Us Weekly's Fashion Police and was the resident humor columnist for Grace Woman magazine. She's appeared on Oxygen, Lifetime, VH1, CNN, The View, and The Ricki Lake Show, and has written for Glamour, Self, Shape, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and MTV. She lives in New York.

Review

"Funny, feminist, fat, friendly, and fierce. It's food, it's fulfilling."--Eve Ensler"Put on your seatbelt and enjoy the fun-filled, wacky ride!"--Emme"The Fat Girl's Guide to Life is chicken soup for the big girl's soul."--Jennifer Weiner"The Fat Girl''s Guide to Life is chicken soup for the big girl''s soul." -- Jennifer Weiner""The Fat Girl's Guide to Life" is chicken soup for the big girl's soul."."funny enough to make even diehard dieters consider replacing their baby carrots with Krispy Kremes.""Jagged little pills of body-image wisdom.""This frank and funny look at living large in America will resonate with any woman who has obsessed over her body image.""This bold, brainy book debunks obesity myths, examines society's prejudices and tells heavy gals they can be fat, fit and fabulous!"

Review Quote

"This frank and funny look at living large in America will resonate with any woman who has obsessed over her body image."

Details ISBN1582345538 Author Wendy Shanker Short Title FAT GIRLS GT LIFE Language English ISBN-10 1582345538 ISBN-13 9781582345536 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 155.916 Year 2005 Birth 1971 Pages 288 DOI 10.1604/9781582345536 Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2005-03-02 NZ Release Date 2005-03-02 US Release Date 2005-03-02 UK Release Date 2005-03-02 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Publication Date 2005-03-02 Audience General We've got this

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