(Id have sworn that there was a thread talking about books with fat characters, but darned if I could find anything newer than 2012. If someone can point me to what I missed I can always move this over there.)
There was a blurb about this book in the monthly Goodreads newsletter, and I thought it might interest some people here. The link to the full discussion of the book is: https://www.goodreads.com/interview...etter&utm_campaign=2015-05&utm_content=walker
The quick blurb about the book is Both a subversive feminist journey and an immersive character studyand definitely not a book about dietingSarai Walker's gutsy debut,Dietland, packs a surprising punch. Unhappy heroine Plum Kettle, a 300-pound woman who answers mail for a teen magazine (handling questions about cutting, eating disorders, romantic trouble, and more), begins a strange path when an eccentric heiress tries to persuade Plum not to undergo gastric-bypass surgery, just as a mysterious guerrilla group, dubbed Jennifer, begins to make headlines for violent terrorist acts that seek retribution for crimes against women.
There was a blurb about this book in the monthly Goodreads newsletter, and I thought it might interest some people here. The link to the full discussion of the book is: https://www.goodreads.com/interview...etter&utm_campaign=2015-05&utm_content=walker
The quick blurb about the book is Both a subversive feminist journey and an immersive character studyand definitely not a book about dietingSarai Walker's gutsy debut,Dietland, packs a surprising punch. Unhappy heroine Plum Kettle, a 300-pound woman who answers mail for a teen magazine (handling questions about cutting, eating disorders, romantic trouble, and more), begins a strange path when an eccentric heiress tries to persuade Plum not to undergo gastric-bypass surgery, just as a mysterious guerrilla group, dubbed Jennifer, begins to make headlines for violent terrorist acts that seek retribution for crimes against women.
