Big girl.
Big girl.
By
:
Steel, Danielle.
Publication Date
:
2010
Subject Term
:
Domestic fiction.
Young women -- Fiction.
Parent and child -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Love stories.
Summary
:
A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats, as well as endure her father’s belittling comments about her body and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods give her comfort, but only briefly. The one thing she knows is that she has to get away from home, and after college in Chicago, she moves to New York City. Landing her dream job as a high school teacher, Victoria loves working with her students and wages war on her weight at the gym. Despite tension with her parents, Victoria remains close to her younger sister, Grace. Though they couldn’t be more different in looks, they love each other unconditionally. So when Grace announces her engagement to a man who is an exact replica of their narcissistic father, Victoria worries about her sister’s future happiness, and with no man of her own, she feels like a failure once again. As the wedding draws near, a chance encounter, a deeply upsetting betrayal, and a family confrontation lead to a turning point. Behind Victoria is a lifetime of hurt and neglect she has tried to forget. Ahead is a challenge and a risk: to accept herself as she is, celebrate it, and claim the victories she has fought so hard for and deserves. Big girl or not, she is terrific and discovers that herself.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780385343183
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Change Islands | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
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Corner Brook | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Cow Head | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Deer Lake | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Fox Harbour | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Garnish | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Gaultois | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Glenwood | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Fic LP | Adult Fiction Large Print | FIC STE |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC STE |
Harbour Breton | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Hare Bay | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Harry's Harbour | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Hermitage | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
King's Point - Tilley | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Lumsden | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Fic Pbk | Adult Fiction Paperback | FIC STE |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Placentia | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Port au Port | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Port aux Basques | Adult Fic LP | Adult Fiction Large Print | FIC STE |
Port Saunders | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Pouch Cove | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Ramea | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Robert's Arm | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Seal Cove | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
Springdale | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
St. Alban's | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STE |
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