Dear Fatty

Dear Fatty
Author: Dawn French
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2011-11-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1448106575

A SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ___________________________ The hilarious and heartwarming memoir from one of Britain's best-loved comedians and Women's Prize longlisted author, Dawn French. Dawn French is one of the greatest comedians of our time with a career that has spanned nearly four decades. Loved for her irreverent humour, Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes. Here, she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasure. As part of the much loved duo French and Saunders, Dawn helped create a repertoire of brilliantly observed characters, impersonating everything from Madonna and Harry Potter to The Exorcist. Dawn's iconic role in the Vicar of Dibley showcased not only her talent but also her ability to take a controversial and topical issue and make it mainstream - and very funny. From her early years as an RAF child and her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism and her marriage to Lenny Henry, Dear Fatty chronicles the extraordinary and hilarious rise of a complex, dynamic and unstoppable woman.

Oh Dear Silvia

Oh Dear Silvia
Author: Dawn French
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062271822

Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French, the celebrated English actress, bestselling author, and comedian, is the clever, touching, and compelling story of one mysterious woman trapped in a coma after a fall from a balcony. Now, lying unconscious in a hospital bed, Silvia is plagued by a stream of often funny and sometimes poignant visits from friends and family, each of whom knows a different piece of the puzzle that is Silvia Shute. And, as she lies there listening to all of her visitors, the dark and terrible secret she’s been hiding for years emerges. Dawn French's Oh Dear Silvia is an emotionally resonant and riveting tale of secrets, forgiveness, remorse, guilt, and love.

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Author: Aubrey Gordon
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2020-11-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807041300

From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people. Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social justice movements to be inclusive of plus-sized people’s experiences. Unlike the recent wave of memoirs and quasi self-help books that encourage readers to love and accept themselves, Gordon pushes the discussion further towards authentic fat activism, which includes ending legal weight discrimination, giving equal access to health care for large people, increased access to public spaces, and ending anti-fat violence. As she argues, “I did not come to body positivity for self-esteem. I came to it for social justice.” By sharing her experiences as well as those of others—from smaller fat to very fat people—she concludes that to be fat in our society is to be seen as an undeniable failure, unlovable, unforgivable, and morally condemnable. Fatness is an open invitation for others to express disgust, fear, and insidious concern. To be fat is to be denied humanity and empathy. Studies show that fat survivors of sexual assault are less likely to be believed and less likely than their thin counterparts to report various crimes; 27% of very fat women and 13% of very fat men attempt suicide; over 50% of doctors describe their fat patients as “awkward, unattractive, ugly and noncompliant”; and in 48 states, it’s legal—even routine—to deny employment because of an applicant’s size. Advancing fat justice and changing prejudicial structures and attitudes will require work from all people. What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat is a crucial tool to create a tectonic shift in the way we see, talk about, and treat our bodies, fat and thin alike.

One Fat Englishman

One Fat Englishman
Author: Kingsley Amis
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590176898

The hero of One Fat Englishman, a literary publisher and lapsed Catholic escaped from the pages of Graham Greene to the campus of Budweiser College in provincial Pennsylvania, is philandering, drunken, bigoted, and very very fat, not to mention in a state of continuous spluttering rage against everything, not least his own overgrown self. In America, Roger Micheldene must deal with not so obliging suburban housewives, aspiring Jewish novelists who as good as clean his clock, stray deer, bad cigars, children who beat him at Scrabble (“It was no wonder that people were horrible when they started life as children”), and America itself, while making ever-more desperate and humiliating overtures to Helen, a Scandinavian ice queen. If only Roger would dare to show some real feeling of his own. This comic masterpiece—about the 1950s crashing drunkenly into the consumerist 1960s and a final scion of a disintegrating Old World empire encountering its upstart New World offspring—is one of Kingsley Amis’s greatest and most caustic performances.

Dear Santa All I Want Is a Fat Bank Account and a Skinny Body Please Don't Mix It Up Again Like You Did Last Year

Dear Santa All I Want Is a Fat Bank Account and a Skinny Body Please Don't Mix It Up Again Like You Did Last Year
Author: Elderberry's Designs
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2018-11-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781790157518

Dear Santa all I want is a fat bank account & a skinny body. Santa dont mix it up again. Whether you are a vegan, meat eater, or have a sweet tooth, help Santa Claus get it right this time with this themed Funny Dear Santa Dont Mix It Up Xmas Gift notebook planner. High quality finish printed in the USA & fulfilled by Amazon, this is a perfect funny gag gift journal or diary gift for men and women who love to crack jokes around the holidays feasts and festivities. Combine with a shirt or hoodie for extra oomph. Check out the author's expanded journal diary gift collection. Blank lined 20 lines per page, 120 pages, 6x9 inches, matte-finished cover, and white paper. Check out the author's expanded journal diary gift collection.

Fatty Patty

Fatty Patty
Author: Kathleen Irene Paterka
Publisher:
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2012-05-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780985512101

Small towns, long memories. Everyone in the exclusive summer resort of James Bay, Michigan remembers FATTY PATTY, the chubby little girl with the round face and wild red curls. All grown up now, Patty Perreault teaches at the same elementary school where the painful playground memories still taunt her. She hasn't forgotten the cruel nickname-plus she still hasn't lost those extra pounds. Convinced her weight is the biggest reason why she's a four time loser in the semi-finals for Teacher of the Year, Patty resolves to make some changes in her body and her life. Sam Curtis, an overweight accountant she meets at the community pool, swims into Patty's life with romance on his mind. But as their friendship grows, Patty finds it hard to see beyond his extra pounds. She's torn as Sam refuses to deal with his own overweight issues. Her heart tells her one thing, but her eyes see another. She's not interested in an overweight boyfriend. When it comes to winning the Grand Prize in life and love, Patty has some hard lessons to learn. Will she be able to confront her fears about the kind of woman she yearns to be? Will she be able to put down the fork and give her heart a try? Fatty Patty is Book #1 in the James Bay Novel series.

According to YES

According to YES
Author: Dawn French
Publisher: Penguin Books Limited
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2016-05-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780718184032

Een dertigjarige Britse vrouw komt als nanny naar New York om voor een achtjarige tweeling te gaan zorgen en verandert een strikt huishouden in een vrolijke boel, wat niet iedereen kan waarderen.

Fierce Fatty: Love Your Body and Live Like the Queen You Already Are

Fierce Fatty: Love Your Body and Live Like the Queen You Already Are
Author: Victoria Welsby
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2018-09-05
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781980775126

Are you a certified Fierce Fatty or do you feel "less than" because you feel "more than"? You don't have to feel like this! Learn to embrace your fabulous self and finally feel confident with who you really are. Americans spend $66 billion dollars on trying to become thinner, every year. What if we spent less time, money and energy on the pursuit of thinness and instead focused on the things that actually matter? What if we could learn to love our bodies exactly as they are today? Fat, thin, tall, short, mullet-sporting or leopard print thong wearing; we are all worthy and fabulous.

Me. You. A Diary

Me. You. A Diary
Author: Dawn French
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0241373700

'A mellow, gentle read with a lot of words of wisdom' Independent Let Dawn French guide you through the year with her witty and wise seasonal insights. __________ Me You: Not A Diary is a pocket diary without the diary part. Or the pocket. It includes everything you loved about the original but without the calendar pages. To keep a working diary alongside Dawn, we recommend the hardback edition of Me You: A Diary. Me You is a place for me and you to reflect on the patterns and changes of the year. It's full of my thoughts about the seasons, the months and what matters. It's your guide to reflecting on the year you've just had - or the one still to come. Dive in, the paper's lovely . . . _________ 'A witty outlook on life. This will have you laughing about your year' Prima 'It's beautiful, like Dawn, and stuffed full of goodies' Jo Brand

I, Fatty

I, Fatty
Author: Jerry Stahl
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2008-12-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1596919124

In this highly acclaimed novel, the author of Permanent Midnight channels fallen early-Hollywood star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Fatty tells his own story of success, addiction, and a precipitous fall from grace after being framed for a brutal crime-a national media scandal that set the precedent for those so familiar today.