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Editorial Review: With her signature acerbic wit and captivating insight, the author of the wildly popular Straight Up and Dirty offers a powerful and beautifully stark portrait of adolescence
While she is pregnant with twins, one sentence uttered by her doctor sends Stephanie Klein reeling: "You need to gain fifty pounds." Instantly, an adolescence filled with insecurity and embarrassment comes flooding back. Though she is determined to gain the weight for the health of her babies--even if it means she'll "weigh more than a Honda"--she can only express her deep fear by telling her doctor simply, "I used to be fat."
Klein was an eighth grader with a weight problem. It was a problem at school, where the boys called her "Moose," and it was a problem at home, where her father reminded her, "No one likes fat girls." After many frustrating sessions with a nutritionist known as the fat doctor of Roslyn Heights, Long Island, Klein's parents enrolled her for a summer at fat camp. Determined to...
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0 of 1 found this review helpful:
Liked it; didn't love it., 2008-07-07
I'm a fan of Stephanie Klein's blog and I loved her first book. This one was a pleasant enough read but definitely easy enough to put down when an interruption came.
0 of 0 found this review helpful:
The book "Moose", 2008-07-05
The book arrived in good condition. It's a very good story; I'm glad that
I ordered it.
1 of 1 found this review helpful:
MMoose - more than fat campmemoir, 2008-07-04
As a psychotherapist I read Moose expecting it to be helpful in understanding some of my clients who were heavy during adolescence and still carry the stigma, fighting inappropriate eating daily. It was so much more. The story is intersting and at times funny. It captures the feelings of being an adolescent who is awkward and a little different; someone who is not in the popular group. Klein does a great job of decribing her parents reaction to her weight issue and their subtle messages as well as direct and great advice. It is well-written, descriptive and openly describes the emotions of most adolescents.
2 of 2 found this review helpful:
Fat Camp or Sex Ed, 2008-07-02
I wanted to love this book as much as the other reviewers. I just couldn't. This book could have been half the length if it was just about being an overweight pre-teen at fat camp. The rest of the book is about an oversexed pre-teen. I had no idea young girls were that into porn and that type of porn. The description of the magazines while she is at the "doc's" office was more than I needed to know. I had a hard time believing that the magazine guy would sell tons of porn to an 8th grader...that was shocking as well. I'm just having a really hard time finishing this book and I'm only half way through. It would have been a really good story without the sexual stuff. Be forewarned....this book gets sexually graphic.
1 of 1 found this review helpful:
MOOSE, 2008-06-30
Very entertaining and revealing. As a weight loss counselor, I see young girls who are being teased about their weight and now I can identify more closely with what they are going thru. Easy read and humorous take on a serious subject.
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