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An Intimate And Darkly Comic Memoir Of A Woman Who Does A 180 With Her Body. In The Opening Pages Of Passing For Thin, Frances Kuffel Waits At The Airport To Be Picked Up By Her Brother, Jim. He Strides Past Her Without A Glimmer Of Recognition Because She Barely Resembles The Woman He Is Expecting To See. Jim Had Last Seen Her When She Was 188 Pounds Heavier. What Follows Is One Of The Most Piercing Explorations Of The Limits And Promises Of A Body Since Lucy Grealy's Autobiography Of A Face. With Unflinching Honesty And A Wickedly Dark Sense Of Humor, Frances Describes Her First Fumbling Introductions To The Slender, Alien Body She Is Left With After Losing Half Her Weight, Shining A Light On The Shared Human Experience Of Feeling, At Times, Uncomfortable In One's Own Skin. Buoyed By Support From A Group Of Fellow Compulsive Eaters She Deems The Stepfords, Frances Adjusts Not Only To Her New Waistline, But To A Strange New World The Planet Of Thin Where She Doesn't Speak The Language And Doesn't Know The Rules. Her Lifetime Of Obesity Had Robbed Her Of The Joys Of Lovers, A Husband, Children, And Even Made It Impossible To Enjoy A Movie, When Standing In Line Was Too Painful, Or

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Author

Frances Kuffel

Publisher

Crown Archetype

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780767912938

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Health & Fitness, Social Science

Rating

3.54 / 5 (55 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14