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