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"Honest, searing, and necessary." - Elle

"Simultaneously tart and tender, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl is stunning. The way food and body image define Elizabeth's life is depressing and sad. But the book is neither. There is so much humor here - much of it dark, but spot on, like Dolores in Wally Lamb's She's Come Undone or Lena Dunham in Girls." - Washington Post

"Heartbreaking with beauty and humor. As addictive as potato chips and as painful as the prospect of eating nothing but 4-ounce portions of steamed fish for the rest of your life." - Chicago Tribune

"Gutting. Awad gets everything right and, throughout these interconnected stories.".