
What
We're Reading in Fiction:
A
Breath Floats By: an Illusion for the Soul
The Legacy Tree
It's My
Body and I'll Cry If I Want To
Good In Bed
Too Big To Miss
Great Love
Such A
Pretty Face
Watch Out For The
Big Girls!
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There are
some excellent size-positive books available now for readers of fiction
and non-fiction alike. The Size Wise Fairy Godmothers on this page are
ready to show you some of the best available. Most are available
through online bookstores.
The books
listed here are generally available for purchase
through Amazon.com or can be found at your local
library. Some are now out of print, but used copies may be available.
Also, check with Amplestuff
to see if they happen to carry what you're looking for.
The Classics of Size Acceptance
Non-Fiction
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
Big Fat Lies: The
Truth About Your Weight and Your Health by Glen A.
Gaesser, Ph.D.
Great Shape: The
First Fitness Guide for Large Women by Pat Lyons
and Debby Burgard
Health Risks of
Weight Loss by Francie M. Berg
The Invisible Woman:
Confronting Weight Prejudice In America by W. Charisse
Goodman
Live Large!: Ideas,
Affirmations, and Actions for Sane Living in a Larger
Body
by Cheri K. Erdman
Losing It: America's
Obsession with Weight and the Industry That Feeds On It by Laura Fraser
No Fat Chicks: How
Big Business Profits by Making Women Hate Their Bodies by
Terry Poulton
Nothing To Lose: A
Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body by Cheri K
Erdman
Real Fitness for Real
Women: A Unique Workout Program for the Plus-Size Woman
by Rochelle
Rice
Size Wise: A Catalog
of More than 1000 Resources for Living With Confidence
and Comfort at Any Size by Judy Sullivan (Try Amazon.com for used
copies.)
Somebody To Love: A
Guide to Loving the Body You Have by Leslea
Newman
True Beauty: Positive
Attitudes & Practical Tips from the World's Leading
Plus-Size Model by Emme
Where the Girls Are:
Growing Up Female with the Mass Media by Susan J.
Douglas
Wake Up, I'm Fat! by Camryn
Manheim
Women En Large:
Images of Fat Nudes by Laurie Toby Edison
and Debbie Notkin
Fiction
An Abundant Woman by Elizabeth
Neff Walker
The Axeman's Jazz by Julie Smith
Fantasy by Raynetta
Mannes
Fat Girl Dances With
Rocks by Susan Stinson
Flesh by David Galef
Larger Than Death by Lynne Murray
Murder Can Kill Your
Social Life by Selma Eichler
Murder Gets A Life: A
Southern Sisters Mystery by Anne George
Significant Others by Armistead
Maupin
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What We're Reading in Non-Fiction:
Size Positive Style
Body Wars
Making Weight
Self-Esteem Comes In All Sizes
The Body Burden
Bountiful Women
Fat!So?
Live Large!
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