13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl: Fiction

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl: Fiction"Stunning As you watch Lizzie navigate fraught relationships with food, men, girlfriends, her parents and even with herself you'll want to grab a friend and say: 'Whoa. This. Exactly.'" Washington Post "A hilarious, heartbreaking book." People Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Atlantic, Time Out New York, and The Globe and Mail Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a. k. a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she

"Stunning...As you watch Lizzie navigate fraught relationships -- with food, men, girlfriends, her parents and even with herself -- you'll want to grab a friend and say: 'Whoa. This. Exactly.'" --Washington Post

"A hilarious, heartbreaking book." --People

Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Atlantic, Time Out New York, and The Globe and Mail

Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks--even though her best friend Mel says she's the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, but she's afraid to send pictures, even when her skinny friend China does her makeup: she knows no one would want her if they could really see her. So she starts to lose. With punishing drive, she counts almonds consumed, miles logged, pounds dropped. She fights her way into coveted dresses. She grows up and gets thin, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband, her reflection in the mirror. But no matter how much she loses, will she ever see herself as anything other than a fat girl?

In her brilliant, hilarious, and at times shocking debut, Mona Awad simultaneously skewers the body image-obsessed culture that tells women they have no value outside their physical appearance, and delivers a tender and moving depiction of a lovably difficult young woman whose life is hijacked by her struggle to conform. As caustically funny as it is heartbreaking, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl introduces a vital new voice in fiction.

WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD

FINALIST FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE

FINALIST FOR THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD FOR LITERARY FICTION

LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD HONORABLE MENTION FOR FICTION

NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2016 BY ELLE, BUSTLE, AND THE GLOBE AND MAIL

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH BY THE HUFFINGTON POST, BUSTLE AND BOOKRIOT

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 02/23/2016
ISBN: 9780143128489
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/16/2015
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2015
Booklist 01/01/2016 pg. 32
BookPage 03/01/2016
People Weekly 03/07/2016 pg. 44
Shelf Awareness 03/08/2016
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2016 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed
School Library Journal 06/01/2016 pg. 119