Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.

Love Willowdean so much! I want more of her, please.

Dumplin' is the book I needed as a teenager. I related so much to Willowdean that it hurt. Everything that she thought was what I thought as a teenager. This book made me ache in the best way and I truly cannot stop thinking about it and crying. It's so well written. I didn't want to put it down and so I didn't. It's beautiful and a little too real. It's uncomfortable sometimes and that's the point. Please read this gorgeous book. This is probably the worst review ever but I can't put thoughts together because I just keep crying.

P.s. I'm now slightly obsessed with Dolly Parton and big hair.

istenem, annyira csodálatos ez a könyv, hogy nem is tudok mit írni róla. fantasztikus a hangulata, szuperek a szereplői és tök jól van megírva. rendesen szomorú vagyok, hogy a végére értem.

Marketed as a “body-positive” book but it's not close to that. Accurate small town representation and decent supporting characters, but nothing very fresh here.