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"A fresh and provocative debut novel about a reclusive young woman saving up for weight loss surgery when she gets drawn into a shadowy feminist guerilla group called "Jennifer"--equal parts Bridget Jones's Diary and Fight Club"--
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Fat Women in Fiction
"Women of all sizes deserve to star in their own stories! Here is a collection of books that have fat main characters, living their lives and being awesome. And usually finding love, because most of these happen to be romances."
By JCLAllisonM
"A cute romance with a somewhat silly premise. I loved having a fat heroine and though some of the fanfiction parts made me cringe a bit (a little too similar to Game of Thrones), it was an enjoyable read."
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The quirky and singular Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock, a founder of modern genetics who did things her own way, is honored in this lively young STEM biography by Sibert Honor winner Lori Alexander. Celebrating the power of curiosity and...
