Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (659 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0425178900 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fortunately, she recorded the journey in her diary, and her story is funny, slyly insightful, and surprisingly universal. An Alternate Selection of the Book of the Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club“Although it reads like a novel—a funny, touching, and absolutely gripping novel—Stick Figure is, astonishingly, the diary of Lori Gottlieb in 1978, when, at age 11 and all evidence to the contrary, she decided she was too fat and simply stopped eating…”—Boston GlobeGrowing up in Beverly Hills in the 1970s, Lori Gottlieb learned the lessons her culture had to teach her—for example, that “no one could ever like a girl with thunder thighs.” Lori to
"In Celebration of the 11 Year Old Mind" according to Moira BradyRogers. I highly recommend this book to all people who have any 11 year olds in their life. Lori's 11 year old mind reflects what any bright, thoughtful, questioning 11 year old might think if only she/he allowed herself to think out loud. The conclusions she comes to based on her observations of adult behavior are hysterically funny and frightenly accurate. Many of these refer to food, but other's are just about life in general.W. "Couldn't put it down" according to Ariellem. My heart goes out to this woman. I'm usually a faithful fiction reader, but after adding Stick Figure to my collection, I'm now making it an effort to read more autobiographies and memoirs. Lori takes her readers back to 1978 and immerses us in her world and into her painful realization: she is 11 years old and fat. Although Lori's story has a happy ending, Stick Figure allows many of us to grasp the thought processes behi. "A Great Book" according to T. Sellers. Lori Gottlieb has a real talent for writing the truth and making you laugh about it. I liked this book enough that I reread it, which is not something I tend to do. This book isn't a sob story, but the story of an eleven-year-old that is trying to find self worth in a world of nose jobs, crash diets and expensive designer outfits. The way Gottlieb portrays her family as well as herself is comical, yet she still somehow man
Chronically disapproving of her parents' shallow lifestyle, she challenges their authority and chafes under their constant demands to curb her frank opinions and act more "ladylike." Feeling as though she has lost control over her rapidly changing world, Lori focuses all her concentration on one subject: dieting. In the image-conscious world of 1970s Beverly Hills, 11-year-old Lori knows she's different. Her life narrows to a single goal--to be "the thinnest eleven year old on the entire planet." But once she achieves her "stick figure," Lori really sees herself for the first time in a restaurant bathroom mirror and decides then and there to