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"In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to a diagnosis of heart failure at age twenty- nine, Dionne tracks her relationship with friends, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture, and self-image. Along the way, she...
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When Carolyn Lessing moves from New Jersey to Alabama with her mother, she rattles the status quo of the juniors at Adams High. Gorgeous, stylish, a great student and gifted athlete without a mean girl bone in her body Carolyn is gobbled up right away by the school's cliques. She even begins dating a senior, Shane, whose on again/off again girlfriend Brooke becomes Carolyn's bitter romantic rival. When a make-out video of Carolyn and Shane makes the...
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[2025]
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xviii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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"A board-certified endocrinologist [discusses] using GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound to reverse obesity and take charge of your health, with established strategies formaximizing your results"-- From publisher marketing.
Examines the role of GLP-1 medications in the medical treatment of obesity and addresses common misconceptions surrounding their use. Drawing on clinical experience, endocrinologist Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen...
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A poignant and ruthlessly honest journey through cultural expectations of size, race, and gender, and toward a brighter future-from award nominee Evette Dionne
My body has not betrayed me, it has continued rebounding against all odds. It is a body that others map their expectations on, but it has never let me down.
In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black woman are forced to navigate...
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You know what you need to do to lose weight, so why can't you do it? Morbidly obese and desperately unhappy, Gregg McBride asked himself this question for years, until something different finally "clicked," and enabled him to embark on a weight-loss journey of 250 pounds that has now lasted ten years and still counting. Alternately hilarious and heartbreaking in its honesty, Weightless is Gregg's story, but it is much more. It's an exclusive weight-loss...
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We live in an age when things that would once have seemed miraculous are starting to seem mundane - even if they still, sometimes, bring with them profound implications... In The Weightless World, Anthony Trevelyan weaves a story of deep-rooted humanity, jam-packed with unforgettable characters - and, at its core, an account of friendship, love and loss, which will touch your heart.






