She enjoys male attention, which is a trait she carries her whole life. Instead of hating her body, she embraces it, believing that she is curvy and attractive. She is the same age as Elizabeth and equally overweight. She is extremely self-conscious and thinks of herself very lowly. Elizabeth has many nicknames that can be explained as different phases of her life: “Lizzy”, “Beth” “Elizabeth” and finally “Liz”. She then developed the same habit with her best friend, Mel. She grew up eating at MacDonald’s and other fast food restaurants together with her mother. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousĮlizabeth is the main character of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARDįINALIST FOR THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD FOR LITERARY FICTIONĪRAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD HONORABLE MENTION FOR FICTIONThese notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Brilliant, hilarious, and heartbreaking, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl introduces a vital new voice in fiction. 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. But no matter how much she loses, will she ever see herself as anything other than a fat girl? She grows up and gets thin, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband, her reflection in the mirror.
With punishing drive, she counts almonds consumed, miles logged, pounds dropped. 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. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks-even though her best friend Mel says she’s the pretty one. Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. 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. From the author of Bunny, a “hilarious, heartbreaking book ” ( People) about a woman whose life is hijacked by her struggle to conform
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