Conversations With the Fat Girl
Everyone seems to be getting on with their lives except Maggie. At 26, she's still serving coffee at The Beanery Coffee House, while her friends are getting married, having babies, and having real careers. Even Olivia, Maggie's best friend from childhood, is getting married to the doctor with...
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Everyone seems to be getting on with their lives except Maggie. At 26, she's still serving coffee at The Beanery Coffee House, while her friends are getting married, having babies, and having real careers. Even Olivia, Maggie's best friend from childhood, is getting married to the doctor with whom she lives. Maggie's roommate? Her dog Solo (his name says it all). The man in Maggie's life? Well there isn't one, except the guy she has a crush on, Domenic, who works with her at the coffee shop as a bus boy.Maggie and Olivia have been best friends since they were in grade school. Both fatties, they befriended each other when no one else would. Now grown-up, Maggie is still shopping in the "women's section" while Olivia went and had gastric-bypass surgery in search of the elusive size 2, the holy grail for girls everywhere. So now Olivia's thin and blonde and getting married, and Maggie's the fat bridesmaid. Ain't life grand? In this wonderful debut novel that is sure to remind readers of Jennifer Weiner's Good In Bed, Liza Orr is both witty and wise, giving voice to women everywhere who wish for just once that they could forget about their weight.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780446693950 (0446693952)
ASIN: 446693952
Publish date: September 13th 2005
Publisher: 5 Spot
Pages no: 319
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Humor,
Funny,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Contemporary Romance,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Womens
This seems to be a book people either love or hate - no doubt depending on how much of themselves they see in the main character. A light read with not much substance (but occasional poignant observations), but still entertaining (especially the end). This book reminds me of Eleanor Oliphant Is Co...
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. My life is about never putting myself into that situation. I never call attention to myself. That is the code I live by. At twenty-seven Maggie is still workin...
Reviewed for Wit and Sin Conversations with the Fat Girl is one of the most emotionally honest books I’ve read in a long time. Liza Palmer does a fantastic job of conveying body image issues, childhood friendships, and confidence in an organic, relatable way. There are parts of this story that are...
I've been re-reading this book for years. It has become a comfort read, and mainly that's because I saw parts of me in Maggie from beginning to end. Who hasn't been unhappy with their appearance or their current place in life? And who hadn't had someone who was once a best friend that you can feel y...
One extra star for writing about a fat girl's life without shaming her or doing the old "weight loss = happiness" nonsense. That's definitely needed and important in the "Chick-Lit" genre. But the writing of this book was hard to handle. Why are "books for women" written like we have the IQ of a 10-...