Diary of a Mad Fat Girl (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Graciella 'Ace' Jones: Main character. Sarcastic, humorous, 'larger sized' young teacher.
• Lilly Lane: Ace's best friend, thin, beautiful, daring
• Lily Lane: Ace's best friend. Thin, beautiful and daring.
• Mason McKenzie: Ace's true love, they broke up 3 years prior. Mason is an attorney.
• Chloe Stacks: One of Ace's best friends. Chloe is in an abusive marriage to Richard Stacks, a powerful man.
• Ethan Allen Harwood: big, strong country boy, good friend of Ace's
• Ethan Allen: Friend of Ace and Lily. Ethan is a big, strong countryboy.
• Senor 'Buster Loo' Bluefeather: Ace and Mason's dog.
• Buster Loo: Ace's little dog
• Coach Logan Hatter: Colleague of Ace and Lily.
• Catherine Hilliard: Principal of the school Ace, Lily and coach Hatter work at.
• Richard Stacks: Chloe's 'good ole boy' abusive, cheating husband
• Gloria Peacock: An extremely wealthy, eccentric older woman who becomes a great friend and ally to Ace and her friends.
• J.J Jackson: town sheriff, good friend of Ace's
• Deputy Dax Dorsett: hot young officer who hits its off with Lilly
• Bobbie Sue Stacks: Richard's mother, Chloe's MIL from hell.

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• “'Lust is the great thief of common sense, therefore I must keep that demon in restraints.'”

  Ace

• “'They have their socially acceptable sins like gluttony, fornication, and adultery to which they easily turn a blind eye to, but if you drink beer or happen to be gay, then the wrath of the fat fornicators and judgmental adulterers will descend upon you like fire from the pits of a twisted hell.'”

  Ace

• “'That last five pounds. Is that supposed to be some kind of a joke? If I got that close to my ideal weight, I’d throw myself a three-keg pizza party. And that’s why I’ll never have to worry about that last five pounds because I’ll always be battling that first thirty. Or forty.'”

  Ace

• “'I’m huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf when my right foot slips, the left pedal goes crazy, and next thing I know, I’m sitting astraddle of the big round plastic wheel cover with a raging pain in my cooter.'”

  Ace

• “'I load my plate up like the black sheep cousin at a white trash family reunion.'”

  Ace

• “'I mean, how does a man loose every spring of hair on his head, but look like a wooly mammoth from the ears down?'”

  Ace

• “'Monday morning I hop out of bed feeling like a million dollars earning twenty percent interest.'”

  Ace

• “'Or doing sit-ups without worrying about a roll of fat slipping out somewhere and being mistaken for a renegade boob.'”

  Ace

• “'We need a place of our own so we don’t offend the Under Armor wearing Bratz packs of the work-out world with our fatassness.'”

  Ace

• “'Buster Loo is speed licking him all over his face and wagging his tail so fast I’m afraid he’s going to sling it off his little chiweenie ass.'”

  Ace

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• Bugtussle, Mississippi: Main setting, a small town in the south.
• Memphis
• Florida
• Tupelo
• Paris
• Rutherford
• Rye
• Pink Lady
• Europe
• Nashville

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Stephanie McAfee (Author)

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Language, Adult humor, Abusive relationships

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