Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780767912921)

An intimate and darkly comic memoir of a woman who does a 180 with her body.

When she was in her early forties, Frances Kuffel lost half her body weight. In Passing for Thin, Frances describes with unflinching honesty and a wickedly dark sense of humor her first fumbling introductions to her newly slender body, shining a light on the shared human experience of feeling uncomfortable in one's own skin. She gradually moves from observer to player--enjoying for the first time flirting, exercising, and shopping-as she explores the terrain on the "Planet of Thin." As Frances gradually comes to know--and love--the stranger in the mirror, she learns that her body does not define her, but enables her to become the woman she's always wanted to be.

Author: Frances Kuffel
ISBN-10: 0767912926
ISBN-13: 9780767912921
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 12/28/2004
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.20w x 0.64d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
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