![]() Lisa Fippss poignant, inspiring debut novel confronts fat-shaming and its effects head-on, and will speak to anyone whos been made to feel less than. With these good poeple buoying Ellie up, its a lot easier to face the bullies and starfish in real life-by unapologetically being her own fabulous self. Ellie finds an ally in her new neighbor Catalina-a girl who refreshingly doesnt judge-and in her new therapist, a woman who knows how to laugh at the right things. In the water, she can stretch out like a starfish and take up all the space she wants. ![]() ![]() And shes found a haven in her swimming pool, where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world. To cope, she tries to live by her list of Fat Girl Rules, which are all about not standing out. About the Book Ever since she wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, Ellies been bullied about her weight. ![]()
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