- Weight control, Family problems, Fiction, Self-perception
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
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Classical in form, spare, contemporary and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Carolyn Mackler, Carolyn Mackler
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Demco Media, Bloomsbury, Walker Books, Limited
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- German, English, heb
- ISBN
- 9781681198002
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