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1) Big Girl
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When the Bastille was stormed on July 14, 1789, it wasn't a crowd of breeches-wearing professionals that attacked the prison, freed the internees, and killed its superintendent, carrying off his head on a pike. It was the working people of Paris, who didn't wear breeches, the sans-culottes. In the course of the French Revolution, the sans-culottes questioned the economic system, the nature of property, the role and even the legitimacy of religion,...
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In this heartfelt and incisive new novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family. Landing her dream job as a high school teacher, Victoria Dawson loves working with her students and wages war on her weight at the gym. Despite tension with her parents, Victoria remains close to her sister, Gracie, and when Grace announces her engagement to a...
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Algonquin Books
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2020
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English
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"An immensely lovable debut novel . . . It's the kind of magic you'll feel lucky to find." -Ron Charles, The Washington Post
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARD FOR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE
Meet Majella O'Neill, a heroine like no other, in this captivating Irish debut that has been called Milkman meets Derry Girls
Majella is happiest out of the...
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2022.
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"Exquisitely compassionate and witty, Big Girl traces the intergenerational hungers and desires of Black womanhood, as told through the unforgettable voice of Malaya Clondon. In her highly anticipated debut novel, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan explores the perils-and undeniable beauty-of insatiable longing. Growing up in a rapidly changing Harlem, eight-year-old Malaya hates when her mother drags her to Weight Watchers meetings; she'd rather paint alone...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
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Judy Lohden is your above-average sixteen-year-old-sarcastic and vulnerable, talented and uncertain, full of big dreams for a big future. With a singing voice that can shake an auditorium, she should be the star of Darcy Academy, the local performing arts high school. So why is a girl this promising hiding out in a seedy motel room on the edge of town?
The fact that the national media is on her trail after a controversy that might bring down the...
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A hilarious and inspiring memoir about one young woman's journey to find a better path to both physical and mental health.
At twenty-nine, Kelsey Miller had done it all: crash diets, healthy diets, and nutritionist-prescribed "eating plans," which are diets that you pay more money for. She'd been fighting her un-thin body since early childhood, and after a lifetime of failure, finally hit bottom. No diet could transform her body or her life. There...
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Life is great for thick-boned Keisha Jackson. With a good education, well-paying job, and a promising future, she has everything a young woman could ask for, including high self-esteem. But after a chance meeting with Rico, the neighborhood "bad boy," her fairy tale life is quickly dismantled. Blinded by emotion, she gives in to all his cruel intentions.
Under the false claim of love, Rico vindictively tears down all that good-girl Keisha has built....
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Whether it's being told you have to purchase two seats on airplane or getting dirty looks when you're with a handsome man, being a big girl in a superficial world can come with more issues than any woman should have to deal with. Add to that some over-the-top family and marriage issues, and you have the perfect recipe for some Big Girls Drama. Featuring a sexless marriage, infidelity, finding out your husband is gay, and teen pregnancy, these big...
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First-wave feminism takes front and center in this fearless novel, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, about women determined to succeed in a man's world-only to be foiled by their own ambition "A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle." It's the 1970s, and the sexual revolution is just beginning. Four women have decided to open a feminist publishing house. Named in honor of the gorgon who turned men's hearts to stone, MedusaPublishing...
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No one wants to be labeled a whiner, but many of us go through life with a "poor me," victim mentality that sounds a whole lot like whining. God never intended for us to act like "little girls," says Jan Silvious. His goal is for each of us to live as "big girls"-mature Christian women-who are capable of enjoying the richness of life He has planned. In Big Girls Don't Whine, Jan helps women: Move beyond the past and on to healthy relationships,...
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Ivana grew up in a small village in Slovakia, thumbing through fashion magazines and dreaming of life as a model. Despite many obstacles, in 2008, she made it to London and began to work her way up in the fashion industry — modelling, booking models, and doing make-up and styling on photo-shoots. She worked hard and made it to be a catwalk model for London Fashion Week. The city fashion and club scene was a far cry from quiet village life, and she...
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Big Girls volume 1
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When men become giant monsters destroying the world, only girls can stop them-BIG GIRLS. Meet Ember: she writes poetry, loves to read, she's 300 feet tall, and her full-time job is killing monsters! Her and the other girls are all that stand in the way of our world's complete annihilation! Critically acclaimed artist JASON HOWARD (TREES) takes the full creative reins, writing and drawing a tale that could be described as a cross between John Wick...
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Andre St. James is a vampire-a very old vampire-and he's used to getting what he wants. When he meets Cynthiana, a plus-size model who is used to taking care of herself, he knows she's the one for him. But she's human. And humans are weak and fragile and die from just about anything and everything. He can't lose his one true love now that he's finally found her. So he turns her. Without asking her first. He thinks he's given her a gift. She can't...
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Originally I wrote "KAJSA IN THE MIDDLE" because I could find nothing on the store shelves to celebrate Kajsa's beautiful name. But writing about her sensitized me to her middle child challenges. Kajsa struggled to keep up with her older sister and looked over her shoulder at the baby who was now the youngest. In book #3, "KAJSA BIG GIRL OR LITTLE GIRL" we see Kajsa grow in the realization that her place in her family is the perfect place to blossom...
16) I'm a Big Girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Follow along on a journey of a dad's love for his daughter, from the first time he holds her in his arms, to the day he has to let her go. The gorgeous illustrations combined with the precious text make this the perfect present for any dad or daughter, young or old. The story is brought to life by singer-songwriter Greg Pope, who lends his voice to the text, as well as the original song "A Big Girl Now," on the accompanying CD. So, cuddle up with...
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With vibrant ribbons of color and joyous words, These Are My Big Girl Pants depicts the complexities and nuances of being a woman in this world.
From award-winning artist Amber Vittoria comes These Are My Big Girl Pants, a collection of poetry and artwork that embraces womanhood and all of its inherent intricacies. Overarching themes of enlightenment, analysis, and independence speak to young adulthood, and adulthood in all of its many forms, as...
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Meet Renee, an up and coming professional in the world of loans and financing. She didnt come to this path easily, surviving a childhood in East Los Angeles in a single parent home with plenty of siblings to forge a less than successful path for her. But Renee saw something different out there for herself, a world full of opportunity and promise. The fact that she was a big girl never stopped her from pursuing a career, until the 10-year friendship...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 I was done with dieting, and I was done with being the fat girl. I was finally happy and healthy, except for the fact that I was still fat. I wanted this issue resolved so I could move on and live my life.
#2 I knew that asking for help wasn't my favorite thing, but I knew from experience that it worked. I decided to find a food shrink of sorts, an intuitive eating...
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Shelley is overweight but……is she overweight enough? In a near future world, is she is considered too skinny to be loved?Her friends tell her she needs to put on some pounds - a lot of pounds - if she is to get a good man.When a new man enters her life, can she beat the odds and find romance?Will she be everything he wants? Get yours today.
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