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Skinny
Skinny: A Novel | Diana Spechler
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Skinnywill be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing,beautifully written women's fiction." Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of TheOne That I Want and Time of My Life "Spechlertranscends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch." Boston Globe To escape thegrief she feels following her fathers death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers shehas her own demons to battle both emotionally and physically. In Skinny, the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechlerauthor of Who ByFire and acontributor to Rumpus Women Volume 1a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup.
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I liked this book even though it felt wrong to. It made me LOL. It hits on some interesting issues about relationships, religion & body image.But it's quotes like this that drove me nuts. If you can fit in a size 0 after losing 17 lbs, you were never fat. Also, don't assume fat people are miserable!

Texreader Well said @Ebooksandcooks 8y
Carol Grrr, agreed!! 8y
Notafraidofwords Preach 👍🏾 8y
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BookswithTea My friend Erin Mayes wrote an hilarious novel called Bigger (you can get it in Kindle format on Amazon) that was much better than this one sounds! 😀 8y
Megabooks @BookswithTea I'll have to check that out! 8y
Carol Okay this book just came up in Bad Feminist so I had to track you down and tell you Roxanne Gay's take was very similar to yours! 8y
Megabooks @Carol I first read about this book in Bad Feminist, but I couldn't remember what she said about it. Interesting... 8y
Carol She had been to fat camp as a teen and definitely had something to say about how he protagonist only needed to lose 30 lbs, as opposed to, say, 300. 8y
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Skinny: A Novel | Diana Spechler
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I'm really enjoying this book. The main characters are sharp, and the plot is interesting. EXCEPT...it is set at fat camp and the narrator is 15 lbs overweight. 🙄🙄🙄 I understand the camp is a plot device, but couldn't it be art or archery camp? Plus some of the minor characters are stereotypes.

Texasblues What? Fat camp for 15 pounds? For real? 8y
Megabooks The camp is a plot device to get the narrator, a counselor, close to a camper, but I could take this book and rewrite it just as well plot wise at an art camp or an drama camp without all the "gosh I feel so fat since I can't see my hipbones" moments. @Texasblues 8y
Megabooks @Texasblues I feel insulted as an overweight person that a "15 lbs heavier than ideal" person feels they can understand the fat experience. The character thinks she knows what it feels like to be fat since she hates herself when she overeats! ????? 8y
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bookishkai @Ebooksandcooks I totally agree with you. 8y
Texasblues Yikes - that sounds super annoying. 8y
BookishFeminist ?? Yikes- I hate it when I kind of like a book but it has lots of problems. I find the "fat camp" thing annoying too. 8y
Julsmarshall Fat camp for someone 15 pounds overweight? 😜 8y
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Skinny: A Novel | Diana Spechler
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Beginning and ending to the first chapter. So far so good. That first line is quite a hook!

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Skinny: A Novel | Diana Spechler
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Doing a late night start on this one. I read about it in Bad Feminist, and something about it caught my eye. We'll see. I hope I like it because I bought it!

LitHousewife I enjoyed that book. I'm curious what was said about it in Bad Feminist. 8y
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