Lizzie has never liked the way she looks. She dates guys online, but she's afraid to send a picture because she knows no one would want her if they could really see what she looks like. So, she decides to knuckle down and lose weight. She counts miles logged, pounds dropped, and grows up and gets think. However, no matter how much she loses, will she ever see herself as anything other than a fat girl?
This is a book where you laugh at one moment and wince at the next. The author uses the story to give us a portrait of a difficult young woman whose life is hijacked by her drive to conform to what she feels society demands. While on the one hand, Lizzie disagrees with the cultural norms that tell women they have no value outside their physical appearance, she still struggles to make herself look the way she thinks she should look. I didn't necessarily like Lizzie, but I found it interesting to read the story and see what happened to her.
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