by Brittany Gibbons (Author)
New York Times Bestseller
Told
through a series of larger-than-life snapshots, a hilarious memoir in
essays about love, sex, marriage, motherhood, bikinis, and loving your
body, no matter what size you are from the acclaimed blogger and body
image advocate.
Brittany Gibbons has been a plus size her whole
life. But instead of hiding herself in the shadows of thinner women,
Brittany became a wildly popular blogger and national spokesmodel—known
for stripping on stage at TedX and standing in Times Square in a bikini
on national television, and making skinny people everywhere
uncomfortable.
Talking honestly about size and body image on her
popular blog, brittanyherself.com, she has ignited a national
conversation. Now in her first book, she shares hilarious and painfully
true stories about her life as a weird overweight girl growing up in
rural Ohio, struggling with dating and relationships, giving the middle
finger to dieting, finding love with a man smaller than her,
accidentally having three kids, and figuring out the secret to loving
her curves and becoming a nationally recognized body image advocate. And
there’s sex, lots of it!
Fat Girl Walking isn’t a diet
book. It isn’t one of those former fat people memoirs about how someone
battled, and won, in the fight against fat. Brittany doesn’t lose all
the weight and reveal the happy, skinny girl that’s been hiding inside
her. Instead, she reminds us that being chubby doesn’t mean you’ll end
up alone, unhappy, or the subject of a cable medical show. What’s
important is learning to love your shape. With her infectious humor and
soul-baring honesty, Fat Girl Walking reveals a life full of the same heartbreak, joy, oddity, awkwardness, and wonder as anyone else’s. Just with better snacks.
