From the author of Bunny, a "hilarious, heartbreaking book"
(People) about a woman whose life is hijacked by her struggle to
conform
**"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
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
skewers the body image-obsessed culture that tells women they have no
value outside their physical appearance. Brilliant, hilarious, and
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
