Making It Big
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In a wickedly funny satire on size zero, celebrity weight-obsessed magazines, the fashion industry, the advertising industry, high society, and Hollywood, no area of media-fueled "body perfection" bullying remains unscathed
Sad, lonely Sharon Plunkett is a size 18. She's tried every fad, every diet, every cream, but like a stain of grease on a pure silk blouse, her rolls of fat refuse to budge. The man of her dreams is not interested, and her slim friend Debbee uses her to look good. But all that changes when Sharon magically finds herself in a fantastic, reversed world where it's suddenly "in" to be fat, and "out" to be slim!Now feted and adored for her curvaceously large body and stunning face, she goes from being a newly discovered model to a Hollywood icon. Dating ever more glamorous men on the way, Sharon journeys to the top of the celebrity world as a magnificent example of womanhood. But then it all goes wrong—very wrong. This delicious, page-turning novel highlights press manipulation, and hits back at the "skinny insanity" currently gripping the western world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in Kingston, England, Russell's clever satire centers on plus-size Sharon Plunkett, who has spent her entire life struggling with her weight. After diets and diet books fail her, she seeks out miracle worker Dr. Marvel, who promises her a pill that will change her life. When she takes it, she finds herself in a world where fat is revered and thin is decried. Soon big, beautiful Sharon becomes a supermodel, dates sexy male celebrities, and starts making tons of money. However, this does nothing to improve her situation with her ailing father and jealous stepmother, nor with her unrequited love, Simon. When her fortunes (and figure) change, Dr. Marvel offers her a choice: would she rather be fat in a world where skinny is supreme or skinny in a world where fat rules? In her debut novel, Russell (2007's The Rainbow Weaver, an illustrated children's book written with her then 10-year-old daughter Tippi)offers an enlightening take on the extremes of women's obsession with body image, as well as fantastic characters. In the end, the novel is a female fantasy, where the women are glorified for their curves while the men are physically perfect.
