Jennifer Joyner is slowly killing herself with food. She
doesn't know which is scarier: the actual dying part, or
knowing that she is the one causing her own death. She is
powerless to stop. She weighs 336 pounds. She has
uncontrolled diabetes and high blood pressure. She's lost
jobs, she's lost friendships, and her marriage is hanging on
by a thread. She disgusts herself. Her body is an
unrecognizable blob, and she can't even attempt a sex life
without being repulsed enough to retch. She has never felt
so desperate or alone. DESIGNATED FAT GIRL is her story. It
is a painfully honest, poignant re-telling of her intimate
experiences and private moments as an obese woman - of
always having to buy new clothes that fit, of pretending to
order for two people at drive-through fast food joints, the
constant cycle of binge and regret, not fitting into her
wedding dress, high-risk pregnancies, the cruel comments,
having difficulty showering, suffering through yeast
infections in the folds of her stomach, and all the other
daily humiliations she must endure. But in the end, it's
also a story of recovery and survival - readers will laugh
with her, cry with her, and root for her.
