{"product_id":"fat-girl-a-true-story-9780452285859","title":"Fat Girl: A True Story","description":"A Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2005 (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor any woman who has ever had a love\/hate relationship with food and with how she looks; for anyone who has knowingly or unconsciously used food to try to fill the hole in his heart or soothe the craggy edges of his psyche, \u003ci\u003eFat Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly rendered, angst-filled coming-of-age story of gain and loss. From the lush descriptions of food that call to mind the writings of M.F.K. Fisher at her finest, to the heartbreaking accounts of Moore's deep longing for family and a sense of belonging and love, \u003ci\u003eFat Girl \u003c\/i\u003estuns and shocks, saddens and tickles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Searingly honest without affectation... Moore emerged from her hellish upbringing as a kind of softer Diane Arbus, wielding pen instead of camera.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Frank, often funny--intelligent and entertaining.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"God, I love this book. It is wise, funny, painful, revealing, and profoundly honest.\"--Anne Lamott \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Judith Moore grabs the reader by the collar, and shakes up our notion of life in the fat lane.\"--David Sedaris \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stark... lyrical, and often funny, Judith Moore ambushes you on the very first page, and in short order has lifted you up and broken your heart.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A slap-in-the-face of a book--courageous, heartbreaking, fascinating, and darkly funny.\"--Augusten Burroughs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 5.18w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452285859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2006 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJUDITH MOORE, recipient of two National Endowments for the Arts and a Guggenheim fellowship, is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eNever Eat Your Heart Out\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year. Moore is the books editor and senior editor for the \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Reader \u003c\/i\u003eand lives in Berkeley, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plume Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125833363571,"sku":"9.78045E+12","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_60b5eec7-74cb-4763-b667-36d3834c0f61.jpg?v=1764766617","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/fat-girl-a-true-story-9780452285859","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}