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Skinny Me
Skinny Me | Charlene Carr
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Jennifer Carpenter dreams of being a different person – A person with confidence, a person with beauty, a person who weighs a heck of a lot less. At twenty-seven, her world falls apart. She’s out of work, her mother has died, her estranged brother is in a coma and, despite good qualifications, each and every job interview ends in another rejection. Marked by the teasing, taunts, and fat jokes that defined her childhood, Jennifer blames her current lack of success on her ever-growing waist band. In need of a change, Jennifer puts her dream of ‘skinny’ above all else. Obsessed with this mission, she devotes her life to becoming the ideal version of herself even if it means becoming alienated from the only people who love her. Determined to lose the weight she believes is ruining her life, Jennifer finds herself in danger of losing so much more.
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Skinny Me | Charlene Carr
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Interesting read—the main character is flawed and dislikable, but I admire her determination and root for her successes, even while I grow frustrated by her mistakes. All in all an interesting read, and I'd recommend it to anyone who had been insecure with themselves. That said, while there is plot, this book largely relies on characterization: if you're all about action, this isn't the book for you.

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Skinny Me | Charlene Carr
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As much as I love the concept of becoming someone you are happy to be, I at this exact moment want to throat punch the main character. I am not done yet, so I am still holding out hope that the main character figures out that the way you look has very little do with who you are.

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