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In this funny, poignant debut, a plus-size heroine becomes a reality TV show contestant and discovers she's already beautiful enough to be the next big thing. Kat Larson figured she had nothing to lose by becoming a contestant on the new reality show From Fat to Fabulous -except maybe a... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nick Appleby: Kat's British internet "boyfriend"
- Alicia: One of the contestants on From FAT to FABULOUS. She is a real bitch.
- Donna: Kat's best friend back in Memphis
- Regan: The youngest (19) and biggest (heaviest) contestant on the show
- Jagger: The host of the show
- Maggie: The oldest contestant
- Luisa: Another contestant, the biggest gossip
- Janelle: One of the other contestants, probably the one that Kat is closest to
- Zaidee: The producer of the show
- Briana: Regan's sister
- Richard Geddlefinger: Kat's boss
- Matt: Janelle's ex-husband
- Gigi Rucker: The production assistant
- Kat Larson: The main character. She is nicknamed Kat the Brat
- Janelle: Add a description of this character.
- Greg
- Cara
- Owen: Maggie's son
- Sarah: possible contestant that Kat meets during casting
- Lane Bryant: Name of clothing chain that sells plus size clothing
- Mr. Mercer
- Jon
- Cindy
- Ronnie
- Pano La
- Cassandra
- Johnny Depp
- Katrina
- Dr. Irwin
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All my life I'd been waiting for things: calls that never came, guys who never showed, invitations that got "lost in the mail."
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
1. Put the "Real" Back into Reality TV
2. The Lane Bryant Dance
3. Nobody Gets on a Reality TV Show by Acting Natural
4. Duds, Not Studs
5. So, as You Can See, I'm Majorly Screwed
6. Some Ferocious Cockroaches
7. Fat Chance
8. A Walking Ad for Prozac
9. "The Starbucks of the Funeral Home Industry"
10. Things Like This Never Happen to Me
11. A Strange, Mismatched Group
12. In For a Penny, In For a Pound
13. Earth-Toppling Feminine Wiles
14. From Fat to Fabulous
15. Weight of the World
16. Technical Difficulties
17. The Weighting Game
18. An Enormous Twist
19. Nothing Bad is Going to Happen
20. Trying to Keep us on our Toes
21. Of Course it Wasn't my Plan!
22. Define Gap
23. Match Made in Heaven
24. I Was Seeing Stars
25. Kill Me Now
26. I Ain't Getting Any Younger Here
27. Don't You Know?
28. A Breath I Hadn't Realized I Was Holding
Authors & Contributors edit
- Johanna Edwards (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0425200280
Page Count: 342
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0425200280
Page Count: 342
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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