by Suzanne Supplee
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Blubber meets Steel Magnolias in this funny and honest story about body image and family. Rosemary Goode is smart and funny and loyal and the best eyebrow waxer in Spring Hill, Tennessee. But only one thing seems to matter to anyone, including Rosemary: her weight. And when your mom runs the most successful (and gossipy) beauty shop in town, it can be hard to keep a low profile. Rosemary resolves to lose the weight, but her journey turns out to be about everything but the scale. Her life-changing, waist-shrinking year is captured with brutal honesty and humor, topped with an extralarge helping of Southern charm. A truly uncommon novel about an increasingly common problem.
For any girl that has felt they aren't who or what they should be this book is for you. Rosemary is extremely relatable as a character. Most girls feel they aren't perfect in the eyes of everyone and that's something Rosemary explores in this book. Learning to love and accept who you are this the theme found within the pages.
