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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 02 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Liz Jones. |
| Summary |
When I am 8 ½ Stone; I will be able to shop in Topshop. I will be able to go swimming and not displace all the water and create a tsunami. I will fit in changing rooms without banging my elbows or exposing the moon of my arse through the curtain when I bend over. I will be able to fit behind the narrow benches at Ronnie Scott's to listen to jazz instead of being offered a chair at the end of the row I'll be able to see my toes, which I haven't seen since 1996 without the aid of a selfie stick. I will be promoted and not have my desk moved to inside the stationery cupboard for being off-brand. "I started writing this book five years ago. I was going through a really hard time - I lost my home and everything I owned - and the only way I got through it was by writing, and making myself laugh. I have always self-medicated with funny books and wanted to write something that made women who might be miserable or cheated on or broke or feeling woefully unsuccessful feel a little better. The book is rooted in my reality: I always felt my life would start and I'd be happy once I reached my target weight. Then I got thin, and life was still rubbish and I still hated my body. I realised true happiness only comes with self-acceptance. So here it is. And I hope it at least makes you smile. And reach for that doughnut." |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Overweight women -- Fiction.
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Body image in women -- Fiction.
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Self-esteem in women -- Fiction.
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Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Fiction.
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Physical-appearance-based bias -- Fiction.
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Jones, Liz.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Eight and a half stones. |
| ISBN |
9781667929880 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1667929887 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14677422 |
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