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Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass LookBig, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer | 
 enlarge | Author: Jen Lancaster
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 2095
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 0451223896
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780451223890
ASIN: 0451223896
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
A NOTE FROM JEN LANCASTER:
"To whom the fat rollsI'm tired of books where a self-loathing heroine is teased to the point where she starves herself skinny in hopes of a fabulous new life. And I hate the message that women can't possibly be happy until we all fit into our skinny jeans. I don't find these stories uplifting; they make me want to hug these women and take them out for fizzy champagne drinks and cheesecake and explain to them that until they figure out their insides, their outsides don't matter. Unfortunately, being overweight isn't simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose healthy of positive self-esteem. Its a health matter, and here on the eve of my fortieth year, I've learned I have to make changes so I don't, you know, die. Because what good if finally being able to afford a pedicure if I lose a foot to adult onset diabetes?"
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| Customer Reviews: Read 75 more reviews...
 Such a Pretty Fat is Such a Pretty Funny Read November 18, 2008
I enjoyed this book. I happened to just pick it up because it was on a table. Since reading the book I have become an avid reader of her blog and just ordered her other two books. She is like the friend you meet up with every so often to catch up and get the load down of their weird and bizarre life, you laugh so hard at their stories because you just can't believe that actually happens to someone.
This was a fun read and I would suggest it to everyone!
Predictable, yet still full of sharpness and laughs October 28, 2008
Lancaster's third book finds her accepting a challenge to lose weight by a predetermined time -- then write about the process.
As with her previous books, Lancaster's personality prevail. Her writing -- anecdotal vignettes, with frequent "footnotes" adding information others might have included in parenthesis within the actual paragraph - may be annoyingly jarring to the uninitiated. In addition, if readers are looking for an actual "plot," they might want to pass on this one; while the main focus is Lancaster's struggle to lose weight, her recollections tend to meander all over the map, touching upon random tv-viewing get-togethers with friends, conversations with husband Fletch, wry observations of her pets, and just about anything else under the sun that might catch Lancaster's attention over the course of an ordinary day.
Yet, when all is said, Lancaster is funny. She's one of those rare people who could write about a trip to Target - as she actually *does* - and have readers wiping tears of hilarity from their eyes, dying to know more. Her snarky views are dead on, focusing upon things that many of us have thought or noticed, just never phrased as perfectly as she has.
Simply put, Lancaster's voice is one to appreciate and remember.
Fantastic October 21, 2008
Use the restroom before you start reading... So funny, I could hardly breathe, due to laughing so hard.
 Such an awful book! October 19, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The WORST book I have ever read, without exception. What a slog. It was like being tortured. The only reason I continued to read to the end is because I was completely incredulous that the book could actually get continually worse (& it did, OH how it did).
I stand in awe that Jen Lancaster could actually have gotten published. I have lost faith in American publishing if this manure could be published by any respectable publishing house.
I usually don't buy books, but I'd been recommended this one on amazon (curse them!) & later saw it on the bookshelf at Barnes & Noble & snagged it on impulse. Oh my goodness! I gave this woman my money! I am sick to my stomach.
The writer (book is written in the first person) is completely unlikeable with no redeemable qualities. Just goes to show you, ladies, ANYONE can get a guy, no matter how odious her personality (or how much of a raving alcoholic she is). For that matter, ANYONE can have a bestseller if this drivel can get published. So get out there & WRITE!
I should have known I would have a problem with this author's opinions when she said she wears Crocs. ALL THE TIME. Hold my head somebody.
She curses all the time. I believe that people who curse are too ignorant to know the proper words to use, so they just spew obscenities. Jen Lancaster is a perfect example of my theory. Oh, & note to Jen: Being a drunk middle-aged woman with dog excrement all over her apartment is NOT funny (especially when you're wearing Crocs).
She writes about being in shock that she actually sold a book. SHE SHOULD BE! Here's an excerpt:
"I know I've done this a couple of times before, but each time a book sells, it feels like a miracle."
Yeah! Because it is! A horrible, nightmarish miracle!
"I want to call my publisher and ask, 'Are you sure? You're really interested in what I have to say? And you're willing to write me a check to do so? And then you'll put these thoughts - asinine as they may be - and put them in a format that will live on in the Library of Congress forever?' Unbelievable."
Yes, Jen! Truly unbelievable! Because this book is garbage. As my dear mother would say, its only use is to line the birdcage. Thank goodness those birds don't know how to read.
At one point, the author says she didn't like a personal trainer because she had no sense of humor, which Jen Lancaster defines as someone who doesn't find her funny. All I can say is, she must run into people with no sense of humor A LOT.
She also uses words that are not words. My kingdom for an editor! She actually used the non-word "orientated." Oh my goodness! This woman is getting paid for being illiterate.
Also, at one point she referred to being on a Caribbean vacation & hearing a "tin drum." She meant a STEEL drum. So not only is the author getting paid for manure, the publisher & editor are, too!
I have so much more to say. Just please: Don't read this book. Life is too short to waste on this rubbish.
Horrible Book October 13, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is horrible. If I could give it no stars, then I would. If you are looking for inspiration for working out and losing weight, don't even bother reading. It took like half the book until she started working out. The first half of the book talks about her dogs, husband, shopping with friends, ugh. I kept saying, when is this going to get on point? And I don't think her writing is very charming. It is somewhat amusing, although I doubt it is genuine as a "memoir" and wouldn't pass the Oprah test, if you know what I mean.
I didn't even give my copy away, I threw mine in the trash.
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