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Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs
Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs
Author: Cheryl Peck
Fat Girls and Lawn chairs is a collection of humorous short stories and essays about the author's Midwestern childhood and her life as a lesbian woman of size. Whether describing hitting her kid sister in the head with a rock when she was nine ("Actually, given my gift of aim, it was phenomenal shot") or the inevitable conflict with portable fu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780942256147
ISBN-10: 094225614X
Publication Date: 8/2002
Pages: 270
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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checkingmypulse avatar reviewed Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs on
Helpful Score: 8
Eh. Honestly, this book was pretty disappointing. I had high expectations, thinking I was going to experience the like of Laurie Notaro or Augusten Burroughs in the pages, but no go. I skimmed through most of the essays. They weren't funny. They were sometimes sad, but mostly boring. The title makes you think this is going to be sarcastic and witty, but it's not.
sues avatar reviewed Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs on + 94 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Humorous, but not overly so, nor terribly insightful, as it tries to be. I prefer Laurie Notaro when it comes to LOL essays.
reviewed Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs on + 31 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This book was awful. I started it and could only get about 60 pages in before I had to give up. I expected to LOL but unfortunately this book let me down.
Bernie avatar reviewed Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs on
Helpful Score: 3
A good quick read. The cover is my favorite part.
reviewed Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs on + 37 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Read it in two days. Amusing, but I wouldn't say funny.
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im-no-angel avatar reviewed Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs on + 44 more book reviews
very funny
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some smart and fun anecdotes interspersed with bits of poetry.
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funny memoir -- "naughty cats, quirky family, large gay woman in the american heartland"


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