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A carregar... Fat Chance, Charlie Vegapor Crystal Maldonado
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. While, at 57, I found myself rolling my eyes at some parts of this book - at times, Charlie played the victim a bit too much, IMO - I have no doubt that I would have loved it when I was in high school. I didn't think the conflict with the mother was really resolved. I'd have liked to know more about why she acted the way she did toward Charlie, particularly after having been heavy herself and having what appeared to be a happy, successful marriage. Something there didn't quite compute for me. But I appreciated that Cal didn't try to publicly humiliate Charlie, which was the obvious trope and where I thought it was going. And I definitely appreciated the diversity. I thought that the lesson Charlie learned was a valuable one. This was a decent read. ( ) Digital audiobook performed by Carla Vega From the book jacket: Charlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but it's hard, and her mom leaving a billion weight loss shakes on her dresser doesn't help. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should look like: thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired. Be smaller. Be whiter. Be quieter. My reactions This is a wonderful coming-of-age story that deals with body image, friendship, parent/child relationships, and societal expectations. Charlie is a strong young woman, mostly sure of herself, though plagued with self-doubt (as are most teenagers). Her feelings of inadequacy are compounded by media messages that “thin is in.” Thank heavens she has a great best friend, Amelia. And now a cute guy, Brian, seems to be interested in her, so things are looking up. But first love is rarely ever a smooth road. It's how Charlie deals with the bumps in the road that really endears her to me. She’s smart, funny, kind, loyal and determined. I liked how Maldonado treated this first romance, and how the teens dealt with expectations, whether those of friends, each other, parents, teachers, or their own. And I really liked how Charlie found a way to shine and show her considerable talent. Carla Vega does a wonderful job of narrating the audiobook. She really brought Charlie to life for me. Charlie Vega is in high school. She's a talented writer. Her beloved father died and she and her mom, who have never had the best relationship, are on their own. Her mom was a heavy lady and after the death of her husband, she lost a lot of weight. Charlie hears a lot from her mom about how she should look, that there is something wrong with being fat. She struggles between being body positive and the messages she received and has internalized that being thin is more desirable. She's got a fantastic best friend, Amelia, but she also has complicated feelings about her perception that her friend is better than her in every way. When she meets and starts to date Brian, Charlie is so, so happy. A real coming of age journey of self-discovery and self-love. She reconnects with her Dad's side of the family. She learns how to be brave and honest with herself and the important people in her life. There is a big range of diverse representation within the book. Charlie is biracial with a white Mom and a Latino Dad. Amelia is Black and queer. Brian is Korean and has two moms. All the characters reflect on their identities and how that impacts their lives. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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HTML:Coming of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard. Harder when your whole life is on fire, though. Charlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but it's hard, and her mom leaving a billion weight loss shakes on her dresser doesn't help. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should look like: thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired. Be smaller. Be whiter. Be quieter. But there's one person who's always in Charlie's corner: her best friend Amelia. Slim. Popular. Athletic. Totally dope. So when Charlie starts a tentative relationship with cute classmate Brian, the first worthwhile guy to notice her, everything is perfect until she learns one thing-he asked Amelia out first. So is she his second choice or what? Does he even really see her? UGHHH. Everything is now officially a MESS. A sensitive, funny, and painful coming-of-age story with a wry voice and tons of chisme, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega tackles our relationships to our parents, our bodies, our cultures, and ourselves. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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