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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.... read more
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Jennifer Joyner is a journalist with an emotional addiction to food. Her addiction is so strong that she often eats two McDonald's meals per day, spends a great deal of time alone in the dark because she is ashamed of her 366-pound body, and has been on various diets in order to gain control... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Jennifer Joyner: Journalist and author of this memoir; food addict.
- Michael: Jennifer's husband
- Emma: Jennifer's daughter
- Scott: Add a description of this character.
- Bob
- Eddie: Jennifer's brother-in-law
- Valerie
- Shannon
- Molly
- Steve
- Jimmy
- Eli: Jennifer's son
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First Sentence edit
I just don't have the fight in me anymore.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
1. Death Via Drive-Thru
2. Bingeing and Hiding
3. I'm Jennifer Joyner, and I'm Not on TV
4. The Tale of Three Weddings
5. Vanity Is a Luxury I Can't Afford
6. Work It Girl, Phase 10,280
7. Sex and the Fat Girl
8. Skulls and Crossbones
9. Life in the (Fat) Mommy Lane
10. Last Straws
11. Making It Up
12. Shipwrecked
13. Finally, the Dawn
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Jennifer Joyner (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 249
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 249
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- Dewey: 617.553092
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