Jen Larsen always thought that if she could only lose some weight, she
would be unstoppable. She was convinced that once she found a way to not
be fat any more, she would have the perfect existence she'd always
dreamed of. When diet after diet failed, she decided to try bariatric
surgery, and it worked better than she ever could have dreamed: she lost
180 pounds. As the weight fell away, though, Larsen realized that
getting skinny was not the magical cure she thought it would be and
suddenly, she wasn't sure who she was anymore.
Stranger Here is the brutally honest, surprisingly hilarious story of
one woman's journey from one extreme of the weight spectrum to the
other, and of the unexpected emotional chaos it created. Insightful and
unsparing in her self-examination, Larsen depicts the exhilarating highs
and devastating lows she experienced as a result of her weight loss, the
incredible joy of finally beginning to look like the image of herself
she's always carried inside her head, and the crushing pain and
confusion of feeling like a stranger in her own body after losing the
weight that has always defined her.