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Fat Girls & Lawn Chairs

by Cheryl Peck

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Cheryl Peck has many stories to tell-of her naughty cat, her quirky family, and her experiences as a large gay woman in the American heartland. Now in a potpourri of real tales by turns poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Cheryl talks about family and growing up, love and loss. With self-deprecating humor and compassionate insight, she remembers the time she hit her baby sister in the head with a rock, how her father taught her to swim by throwing her into deep water, and the day when-while weighing in at 300 pounds-she became an inspirational goddess at her local gym. Filled with universal stories about a daughter's love for her parents and the eternal quest for finding meaning in it all, this book reveals many seemingly unremarkable moments that make a life-the weighty events that, like fat girls sitting on lawn chairs, just won't let go.… (more)
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between 2 and 2.5. this series of stories/essays started out really strong. i almost never laugh out loud when reading, but early on in this book i did, a number of times. after the first handful of stories, either my mood changed or the quality dropped, i'm genuinely not sure which. but they seemed less well written, less pointed, and less well-wrapped up (with a few exceptions as the book went on) the more i read.

there are definitely some very good, very funny vignettes here, and i'd even read her again, but i am more impressed with the beginning of this book than the rest of it. ( )
  overlycriticalelisa | Apr 5, 2015 |
Maybe I was expecting too much, but Iwasn't crazy about the book. An essay here and there was wonderful,but there were too many that just seemed like the ramblings of thattalkative person seated next to you on the plane who won't let youget back to your book. Perhaps she needed a better editor.The essays I liked, however, I really liked. My favorite essay fromthe book was questionably "The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company". Inthis essay, Peck tells about her grandmother with such love that Iwish I'd known her. Well, I suppose in a way I have. ( )
  debnance | Jan 29, 2010 |
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A book that was well-written and full of experiences that we have all shared at one time or another in our lives. Brought good laughs to this reader, and I'd enjoy reading more by this author. Thanks for sharing it!! ( )
  KWoman | Jun 13, 2009 |
If this was a blog rather than a book, I'd love it! But as a book... mheh... It's good and all and I likely would have been far more impressed in the pre-internet days before there were all sorts of anecdotal essays of the sort available by all sorts of authors. Peck does provide many laughs, though, as well as some more serious observations. ( )
  Deesirings | Aug 21, 2008 |
laugh out loud funny ( )
  Zylphan | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Cheryl Peck has many stories to tell-of her naughty cat, her quirky family, and her experiences as a large gay woman in the American heartland. Now in a potpourri of real tales by turns poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Cheryl talks about family and growing up, love and loss. With self-deprecating humor and compassionate insight, she remembers the time she hit her baby sister in the head with a rock, how her father taught her to swim by throwing her into deep water, and the day when-while weighing in at 300 pounds-she became an inspirational goddess at her local gym. Filled with universal stories about a daughter's love for her parents and the eternal quest for finding meaning in it all, this book reveals many seemingly unremarkable moments that make a life-the weighty events that, like fat girls sitting on lawn chairs, just won't let go.

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