Ah, this book was so cute. I loved the main character, and the author absolutely nailed the Texas atmosphere: the accents, the way people act — dead on. “I guess sometimes the perfection we perceive in others is made up of a whole bunch of tiny imperfections, because some days the damn dress just won’t zip.” Willowdean Dickson has always been on the heavy side, but she’s fine with it. She’s happy to wear a bikini to the pool, she feels good in her own skin, and she […]
Happy, Beautiful, AND Fat
This was one of my must reads for 2015. Willowdean Dickson (self-identifying fat girl) is a Texan teenager with a beauty queen for a mother. Over the summer she falls in love with a coworker named Bo aka Peachbutt. Events conspire and she decides to sign up for the Miss Teen Blue Bell pageant her mother runs, even though she’s not the typical beauty queen contestant. With her best friend, Ellen, by her side, she navigates the tricky terrain of adolescence. I had great expectations […]