Fat Girl on a Plane

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Don t miss this unforgettable debut novel, told in two timelines, about smart fashion, pursuing your dreams, and loving yourself FAT High school senior Cookie Vonn s post graduation dreams include getting out of Phoenix, attending Parsons and becoming the next great fashion designer But in the world of fashion, being fat is a cardinal sin It doesn t help that she s constantly compared to her supermodel mother and named after a dessert Thanks to her job at a fashion blog, Cookie scores a trip to New York to pitch her portfolio and appeal for a scholarship, but her plans are put on standby when she s declared too fat too fly Forced to turn to her BFF for cash, Cookie buys a second seat on the plane She arrives in the city to find that she s been replaced by the boss s daughter, a girl who s everything she s not ultrathin and superrich Bowing to society s pressure, she vows to lose weight, get out of the friend zone with her crush, and put her life on track SKINNY Cookie expected sunshine and rainbows, but nothing about her new life is turning out like she planned When the fashion designer of the moment offers her what she s always wanted an opportunity to live and study in New York she finds herself in a world full of people interested in putting women down than dressing them up Her designs make waves, but her real dream of creating great clothes for people of all sizes seems to grow distant by the day Will she realize that she s always had the power to make her own dreams come true Download Fat Girl on a Plane by Kelly deVos – kino-fada.fr THE MAIN CHARACTER S NAME IS COOKIE I m not really Cookie BUT STILL MY ONLINE PERSONA LIVES ONm sorry but this book was just not for me There was constant switching back and forth of timelines that just made me super confused at times and had a hard time following I also expected this book to be different and...It s not often a book makes me want to stand up and cheer along with making me LOL throughout FAT GIRL ON A PLANE is like SEX IN THE CITY meets BRIDGET JONES S DIARY meets something uniquely and completely all its own I mean, how many authors can get away with casually and hilariously referencing sun bears, blob fish and Noam Chomsky all in one book This Contemporary YA novel is smart, sexy, edgy, rebellious, touching and inspiring and very funny all at the same time Author deVos doesn It s not often a book makes me want to stand up and cheer along with making me LOL throughout FAT GIRL ON A PLANE is like SEX IN THE CITY meets BRIDGET JONES S DIARY meets something uniquely and completely all its own I mean, how many authors can get away with casually and hilariously referencing sun bears, blob fish ...4.5 starsI definitely recommend this oneI finished this book last week and totally forgot to add my review The short version I adored it The longer version It s a bold, sharp, smart, totally unforgettable gem of a YA contemporary debut The main character, Cookie Vonn, is a girl you ll cheer for and relate to as she struggles to ...Kelly DeVos Fat Girl on a Plane is an important look into society s perception of body image In it, we meet Cookie, a fat teen fashion designer with a passion to create clothing that all body types can wear and be comfortable in There are two interesting timelines in the story and I was amazed at how fluidly DeVos was able to bring her reader into the then and the now as Cookie starts her weight loss journey But will she be happy when she successfully loses the weight Or does she just need Kelly DeVos Fat Girl on a Plane is an important look into society s perception of body image In it, we meet Cookie, a fat teen fashion designer with a passion to create clothing that all body types can wear and be comfortable in There are two interesting timelines in the story and I was amazed at how fluidly DeVos was able to bring her reader into the then and the now as Cookie starts her weight loss journey But will she be happy when she successfully loses the weight Or does she just need to look deep within to discover true happiness Cookie is torn between deep feelings she has suppressed for her best friend Tommy, and the desire to go to New York and work under the tutelage of iconic fashion designer Gareth Miller When her dreams start becoming reality living in New York and designing a p...I received an ARC copy of this bookI wasn t sure what to expect going into this book, but I loved it pretty much from page one The scene on the airplane is heartbreaking, and I know people that have gone through exactly that Everything Cookie goes through made me ragey, and then I wanted to stand up and cheer so many times when she stood up for herself, or came out on top I m pretty sure there were a couple moments while reading in st...I CAN T WAIT Kelly is brilliant and everyone needs to add this if they want to LIFE right.Fanart ROUND ONE Cookie Vonn by Pinguicha on DeviantArtNot my usual fare, but oh, I loved it Cookie s voice grabbed me from page one and I couldn t put the book down Smart, achingly real, fun, and inspiring I received an ARC of this book.

Fat Girl on a Plane
  • English
  • 25 December 2017
  • ebook
  • 304 pages
  • Kelly deVos
  • Fat Girl on a Plane