The Strange History of Suzanne Lafleshe: And Other Stories of Women and Fatness

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-11-01
Publisher(s): Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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Summary

Over 20 women writers push the boundaries of acceptance in this bold and defiant new collection.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Forewordp. xv
Introductionp. xix
Juanita (1895)p. 1
The Stout Miss Hopkins's Bicycle (1897)p. 3
The Homely Heroine (1910)p. 19
Noblesse (1913)p. 26
Even As You and I (1919)p. 35
Fat (1927)p. 56
This Was Meant to Be (1946)p. 66
Good-Bye, Old Laura (1965)p. 77
The Food Farm (1967)p. 100
Jelly Rolls (1979)p. 108
He Was a Man! (But He Did Himself Wrong) (1984)p. 116
The Feeder (1985)p. 124
Bloomingdale's (1986)p. 135
The Dream Dietp. 140
A Mammoth Undertaking (1987)p. 147
Fat Lena (1988)p. 151
On Ward G (1989-90)p. 153
Skanks (1990)p. 161
Perfectly Normal (1990)p. 171
Primos (1992)p. 181
The Language of the Fat Womon (1992)p. 190
The Man I Love (1993)p. 193
Magnetic Force (1993)p. 202
The Hershey Bar Queen (1994)p. 205
The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe (1997)p. 215
Afterwordp. 229
Bibliographyp. 269
Creditsp. 273
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