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-- Thirteen ways of looking at a fat girl.By Awad, Mona2016., Adult, Penguin Canada Call No: Fic Awa Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks--even though her best friend Mel says she's the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, but she's afraid to send pictures, even when her skinny friend China does her makeup: she knows no one would want her if they could really see her. So she starts to lose. With punishing drive, she counts almonds consumed, miles logged, pounds dropped. She fights her way into coveted dresses. She grows up and gets thin, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband, her reflection in the mirror. But no matter how much she loses, will she ever see herself as anything other than a fat girl?"--From publisher.
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2008., Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Call No: Fic Mos Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view Summary Note: Ben Dibbuk has a good job, an accomplished wife, a bright college-age daughter, and a patient young mistress. Even as he goes through the motions of everyday life, however, inside he feels nothing. The explanation for this emotional void lies in the years he spent as a blacked-out drunk before pulling his life together--years in which he knows he committed acts he doesn't remember. Then a woman from his past turns up at a gala for his wife's new gig at a magazine called Diablerie and makes it clear that she remembers something he doesn't. Their encounter sets wheels in motion that will propel Dibbuk toward new knowledge, and perhaps the chance to feel again.--From amazon.com.
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c2008., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Hancock Edition: 1-disc unrated ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A superhero with total disregard for the damage he causes while saving people finds himself having his image changed by a public relations executive, in return for saving the executive's life.
![Hancock [DVD] (2008). Directed by Peter Berg](/Library/images/~imageCT73154.JPG "Hancock [DVD] (2008). Directed by Peter Berg")
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2022., Linda Leith Publishing Call No: QWF Fic Dem Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Mukbang tells the story of Kim Delorme, a young woman raised on a diet of video games, early 2000s internet videos, and fads. She is completely uninterested in the world beyond her computer screen. As a young YouTuber she discovers mukbangs, a voyeuristic world where people eat and overeat in front of cameras. Kim decides to throw herself into the ring, and challenges the reigning queen, Misha Faïtas. But a horrifying incident halts her ascension and creates a shock wave that affects everyone in her life. Mukbang is a grimy, shocking, surreal and darkly funny dive into our relationships with food, self-image, and intimacy in the digital age.
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2007., Bloomsbury Call No: BLK Fic Oye Edition: Paperback ed. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Maja Carmen Carrerra was only five years old when her family emigrated to London. Growing up, she speaks the Spanish of her native land and the English of her adopted country, but longs for a connection to her African roots. Now in her early twenties, Maja is haunted by thoughts of Cuba and the desire to make sense of the threads of her history. Maja's mother has found comfort in Santeriaa faith that melds Catholic saints and the Yoruba gods of West African religion. Her involvement with Santeria, however, divides the family as Maja's father rails against his wife's superstitions and the lost dreams of the Castro revolution.Maja's narrative is one of two parallel voices in Oyeyemi's beautifully wrought novel. Yemaya Saramagua speaks from the other side of the reality wallin the Somewherehouse, which has two doors, one opening to London, the other to Lagos. A Yoruban goddess, Yemaya, is troubled by the ease with which her fellow gods have disguised themselves as saints and reappeared under different names and faces.As Maja and Yemaya move closer to understanding themselves, they realize that the journey to discovering where home truly lies is at once painful and exhilarating.
