Dumplin' by Julie Murphy (2015-09-15)
by:
Julie Murphy (author)
Format: Audio CD
ASIN: B01K3LG554
Publish date: 1667
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Edition language: English
The point of these quick takes post to catch up on my "To Write About" stack—emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness. This is a little longer than most of these that I do, I just wanted to get caught up on my Library Book Audiobooks (I'm so thankful that I can get audio downloads from my library rig...
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october 24-26 Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have ...
Fat girl signs up for a beauty pageant she really isn’t interested in, and of course there’s a gal who wants to tear down pageant culture, and another gal who’s really into it, but it doesn’t end up being as predictable as it sounds. No one has to lose weight before she can be happy. Library copy
Willowdean "Will" Dickson is a teenager in a small town in Texas, with nothing much to recommend it, except being home of the oldest beauty pageant in the state (possibly the country, I don't remember). The Miss Teen Bluebonnet is a big deal and Will's mother's biggest claim to fame is that she won ...
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