Big Girl In The Middle

Author : Gabrielle Reece,Karen Karbo
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-16
Category : Local author
ISBN : 0609801937

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Big Girl in the Middle by Gabrielle Reece,Karen Karbo Pdf

The new superstars in sports are women, and pro beach volleyball player Gabrielle Reece is the hottest of them all. At six-foot-three, 170 pounds, Gabby Reece is at once beautiful and brutish, feminine and rowdy, accessible and intimidating--a woman who is exploding female stereotypes and redefining our image of the female athlete. "A young girl doesn't get many chances to exercise the character muscle via sports, whereas for young boys, it's part of their everyday lives. For girls, it's especially good for them to be forced to work as a team with other girls, to work together under every possible condition--winning, losing, tired, grumpy, happy. It forces them to deal with unpleasant, ungracious emotions and get over it. It forces girls to rely on each other. It gives them confidence in other girls, which ultimately gives them confidence in themselves." "Everything a woman does has an emotional component. Paying attention to my emotional side without surrendering to it is one of the toughest parts of playing professional sports." "I don't like this 'Fear of Being Big' thing because it feeds into the general female thing of wanting to be less--less powerful, less assertive, less demanding, less opinionated, less present, less big." From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Danielle Steel
Publisher : Dell
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440245216

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Big Girl by Danielle Steel Pdf

In this heartfelt, incisive novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family. BIG GIRL A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats, as well as endure her father’s belittling comments about her body and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods give her comfort, but only briefly. The one thing she knows is that she has to get away from home, and after college in Chicago, she moves to New York City. Landing her dream job as a high school teacher, Victoria loves working with her students and wages war on her weight at the gym. Despite tension with her parents, Victoria remains close to her younger sister, Grace. Though they couldn’t be more different in looks, they love each other unconditionally. So when Grace announces her engagement to a man who is an exact replica of their narcissistic father, Victoria worries about her sister’s future happiness, and with no man of her own, she feels like a failure once again. As the wedding draws near, a chance encounter, a deeply upsetting betrayal, and a family confrontation lead to a turning point. Behind Victoria is a lifetime of hurt and neglect she has tried to forget. Ahead is a challenge and a risk: to accept herself as she is, celebrate it, and claim the victories she has fought so hard for and deserves. Big girl or not, she is terrific and discovers that herself.

Author : Anais Granofsky
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443458528

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The Girl in the Middle by Anais Granofsky Pdf

A moving and vivid memoir of a young girl—long before her starring role in the Degrassi series—who was always switching between worlds, wanting only to be loved When Anais Granofsky’s parents meet in the early 1970s, they are foreign and fascinating to each other. Stanley is the son of a very wealthy Toronto Jewish family; Jean is one of fifteen children from a poor Black Methodist family, direct descendants of the freed Randolph slaves. When Jean becomes pregnant at nineteen, Stanley doesn’t anticipate being cut off by his parents. Nor does the couple anticipate that Stanley, soon to rename himself Fakeer, will find his calling in the spiritual teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh on an ashram in India. The Girl in the Middle is the story of a child who spends her life navigating between two very different worlds. Alone, Anais and her mother teetered on the poverty line, sharing a mattress in a single room in social housing in Toronto, while her grandparents lived a twenty-minute car ride away on the mansion-lined Bridle Path. As Anais grows up, she spends weekends having lunch with her grandmother by the pool, while during the week, she and her mother often don’t know where their next meal will come from, even after Fakeer’s return. Anais realizes that if she wants to be loved, she has to switch identities to please each of the adult women in her family. It isn’t until she gets a role in the TV series Degrassi Junior High that Anais finds a third world—her own—and begins to define an identity for herself. The Girl in the Middle offers a powerful lens to explore how two families, one white and one Black, faced systemic oppression spanning multiple generations and came out at opposite economic classes—and how they clashed when they shared a granddaughter. With compassion and vivid storytelling, Granofsky shares her experience of living in opposite worlds, and demonstrates how generational shame, grief and prejudice ultimately lead to love and forgiveness.

Author : Rebecca Moreno Cuevas
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475934052

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Diary of a Big Girl by Rebecca Moreno Cuevas Pdf

Convinced that she is a victim of a society that will never accept her, Madison is at the breaking point. She wishes she knew how to change the prejudice she faces as a full figured woman. She fears that she will never be accepted as beautiful, and her fear is holding her back from knowing her own value. Reading over the entries in the diary that has been her lifelong companion and confidante, she comes to realize that she understands pain more than love. Her dark experiences as a child now impact her life as a teenager. She feels awkward in her own curves, and being constantly reminded that she's not perfect isn't helping. Even so, she's really an average teenager, dealing with the usual problems-boys, friends, and even accidentally ending up in a different country. She does find some hope-Liam, her own handsome Prince Charming, has entered her life. But when she learns that this new hope in her life is endangered by a cancer diagnosis for Liam, she struggles for strength. What if the worst happens? Can her heart survive the grief? Like her peers, Madison's life is lived on the edge of hope, fear, and acceptance. And like everyone, all she wants is to be happy and be loved for who she really is. Can she find the strength to create a "happy ever after" despite everything that's going on?

Author : Jillian Moreno,Amy R. Singer
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780307353740

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More Big Girl Knits by Jillian Moreno,Amy R. Singer Pdf

Packed with tips and tricks on what to avoid, what to embrace, and how to modify any design to flatter the body, this guide and its 25 patterns show curvy girls how to look gorgeous in colorful, texture-rich knitwear.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Authors
ISBN : UOM:39015064382016

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Contemporary Authors by Anonim Pdf

Author : Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442457805

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The Girl With 500 Middle Names by Margaret Peterson Haddix Pdf

JANIE WHO? It's hard enough being the new kid in school. It's even tougher when all of your new classmates live in big houses and wear expensive clothes, while your parents have little and are risking everything just to give you a chance at a better life. Now Janie's about to do something that will make her stand out even more among the rich kids at Satterthwaite School. Something that will have everyone wondering just who Janie Sams really is. And something that will mean totally unexpected changes for Janie and her family.

Author : Louise Green
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781771642132

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Big Fit Girl by Louise Green Pdf

“Finally—a fitness book for the rest of us! . . . [Big Fit Girl] is sure to usher in a new generation of tough, curvy athletes.” —Jessamyn Stanley, author of Every Body Yoga In Big Fit Girl, Louise Green describes how the fitness industry fails to meet the needs of plus-size women and thus prevents them from improving their health and fitness. By telling her own story of how she stopped dieting, got off the couch, and unleashed her inner athlete—as well as showcasing similar stories from other women—Green inspires other plus-size women to do the same. Green also provides concrete advice, based on the latest research, about how to get started, how to establish a support team, how to choose an activity, what kind of clothing and gear work best for the plus-size athlete, how to set goals, and how to improve one’s relationship with food. And she stresses the importance of paying it forward—for it is only by seeing plus-size women in leadership roles that other plus-size women will be motivated to stop trying to lose weight and get fit instead. “Big Fit Girl impressed me tremendously. Green combines compelling storytelling with practical tips—true to what we know about science—in a unique way that will get you moving.” —Linda Bacon, PhD, scientist, and author of Health at Every Size “Inspiring and empowering.” —Taryn Brumfitt, producer and director, founder of the Body Image Movement “I’m thrilled to live in a world where Big Fit Girl will be part of the health section. Thank you Louise—it’s time for every person of every size to have access to this information!” —Jes Baker, The Militant Baker

Author : Mona Simpson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307593771

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My Hollywood by Mona Simpson Pdf

A wonderfully provocative and appealing novel, from the much-loved author of Anywhere But Here and A Regular Guy, her first in ten years. It tells the story of two women whose lives entwine and unfold behind the glittery surface of Hollywood. Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to LA so her husband can follow his passion for writing television comedy. Suddenly the marriage—once a genuine 50/50 arrangement—changes, with Paul working long hours and Claire left at home with a baby, William, whom she adores but has no idea how to care for. Lola, a fifty-two-year-old mother of five who is working in America to pay for her own children’s higher education back in the Philippines, becomes their nanny. Lola stabilizes the rocky household and soon other parents try to lure her away. What she sacrifices to stay with Claire and “Williamo” remains her own closely guarded secret. In a novel at turns satirical and heartbreaking, where mothers’ modern ideas are given practical overhauls by nannies, we meet Lola’s vast network of fellow caregivers, each with her own story to tell. We see the upstairs competition for the best nanny and the downstairs competition for the best deal, and are forced to ask whether it is possible to buy love for our children and what that transaction costs us all. We look into two contemporary marriages—one in America and one in the Philippines—and witness their endangerment, despite the best of intentions. My Hollywood is a tender, witty, and resonant novel that provides the profound pleasures readers have come to expect from Mona Simpson, here writing at the height of her powers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590709174

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Myra's mid-monthly journal and children's dress by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924069723140

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Christian Register and Boston Observer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles Booth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Labor
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010272235

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Labour and Life of the People by Charles Booth Pdf

Author : Charles Booth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : London (England)
ISBN : UOM:39015004257591

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Life and Labour of the People in London: Streets and population classified by Charles Booth Pdf

Author : Charles Booth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : London (England)
ISBN : IOWA:31858030186260

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Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth Pdf

Author : David Rogers
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Comedy
ISBN : 0871296144

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May the Farce be with You by David Rogers Pdf