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Designated Fat Girl
Jennifer Joyner
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Description for Designated Fat Girl
Paperback. Joyner pens a brutally honest memoir of life as an obese woman. She didn't know what to fear more: dying, or knowing that she was causing her own death. In the end, it is also a story of recovery and survival. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 19.
A brutally honest memoir of life as an obese woman—the pain, humiliation . . . and hope Jennifer Joyner was slowly killing herself with food. She didn't know what to fear more: dying, or knowing that she was causing her own death. She was powerless to stop. She weighed 336 pounds. She had uncontrolled diabetes and high blood pressure. She'd lost jobs and friendships, and her marriage was hanging by a thread. She disgusted herself. She couldn't even attempt a sex life. She'd never felt so desperate or alone. Designated Fat Girl tells her story. It is a ... Read more
A brutally honest memoir of life as an obese woman—the pain, humiliation . . . and hope Jennifer Joyner was slowly killing herself with food. She didn't know what to fear more: dying, or knowing that she was causing her own death. She was powerless to stop. She weighed 336 pounds. She had uncontrolled diabetes and high blood pressure. She'd lost jobs and friendships, and her marriage was hanging by a thread. She disgusted herself. She couldn't even attempt a sex life. She'd never felt so desperate or alone. Designated Fat Girl tells her story. It is a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Guilford, United States
ISBN
9780762759620
SKU
V9780762759620
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About Jennifer Joyner
Jennifer Joyner has been a television reporter, radio show cohost, news director, and writer in North and South Carolina for more than sixteen years. She anchors morning newscasts for two Fayetteville radio stations; gathers news for the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville markets for WRAL-TV, one of America's largest CBS affiliates; and is a featured writer for WRAL.com. Joyner also chronicles her personal journey ... Read more
Reviews for Designated Fat Girl
"[A] brutally frank voice."—O, The Oprah Magazine "A no-holds-barred look at what it's really like to be addicted to food. Joyner spares no details in telling the story of how she spent years slowly killing herself. . . "—MarieClaire.com, "Editor's Blog" “[I]n her engaging memoir, [Jennifer Joyner] reveals the incredible toll morbid obesity took on her life. Joyner paid dearly ... Read more