Fat-Positive Books

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ART & FICTION

All of Me, A Voluptuous Tale, by Venise Berry (Dutton/Penguin, 2000)

At Large (Third in the Josephine Fuller Mystery Series)
, by Lynne Murray (Minotaur Books, 2001)

Fat Girl Dances With Rocks
, by Susan Stinson (Spinster's Ink, 1994)

Eat This: 365 Reasons to Stop Dieting, by Mary McHugh (Chronicle Books, 2004)

Good in Bed, by Jennifer Wiener (Pocketbooks, 2001)

His Brother's Child, by Pat F. Ballard (iUniverse.com, 2001)

It's My Body and I'll Cry if I Want To, by Sharleen Jonasson (Bold Books, 2001)

Larger Than Death (A Josephine Fuller Mystery), by Lynne Murray (Minotaur Books, 2000)

Large Target (Second in the Josephine Fuller Mystery Series), by Lynne Murray (Minotaur Books, 2000)

Martha Moody, by Susan Stinson (Spinsters Ink, 1995)

Nobody's Perfect, by Pat Ballard (iUniverse.com, 2001)

One Size Does Not Fit All, by Beverly Naidus (Aigis Publications, 1993)

Too Big To Miss: An Odelia Grey Mystery, by Sue Ann Jaffarian (iUniverse.com, 2001)

Venus of Chalk, by Susan Stinson (Firebrand Books, 2004)

Wanted: One Groom, by Pat Ballard (iUniverse.com, 2000)

Zaftig: Well-Rounded Erotica, edited by Hanne Blank (Cleis Press, 2001)


SELF-HELP, SELF-ESTEEM

200 Ways to Love the Body You Have, by Marcia Germaine Hutchinson (The
Crossing Press, 1999)

A Waist is a Terrible Thing to Mind, by Jan Phillips, Cathy Conheim and Christine Forester (Breakthrough Press, 2000)

Bodies Out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression, edited by Jana Evans Braziel and Kathleen LeBesco (University of California Press, 2001).

Bountiful Women: Large Women's Secrets for Living the Life They Desire, by Bonnie Bernell (Wildcat Canyon Press, 2000)

Fat Chance, by Leslea Newman (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994)

The Fat Girl's Guide to Life, by Wendy Shanker (Bloomsbury USA, 2004)

live large! ideas, affirmations, & actions for sane living in a larger body, by Cheri K. Erdman, Ed.D. (Harper San Francisco, 1997)

Love Your Looks: How to Stop Criticizing and Start Appreciating Your Appearance, by Carolynn Hillman, C.S.W. (Simon & Schuster, 1996)

Just the Weigh You Are : How to Be Fit and Healthy, Whatever Your Size, by Steven Jonas and Linda Konner (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998)

No Fat Chicks: How Big Business Profits From Making Women Hate Their Bodies--How to Fight Back, by Terry Poulton (Birch Lane Press, 1997)

Nothing to Lose: A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body, by Cheri K. Erdman, Ed.D. (Harper San Francisco, 1995) [Out of print]

Self-Esteem Comes in All Sizes (Second Edition), by Carol A. Johnson and Gary D. Foster (Gurze Designs&Books, 2001)

The Body Burden: Living in the Shadow of Barbie, by Stacey Handler (Blue Note Publications, 2000)

Taking Up Space: How Eating Well and Exercising Regularly Changed My Life, by Pattie Thomas, Ph.D. (Pearlsong Press, 2005)

Transforming Body Image: Love the Body You Have, by Marcia Germaine Hutchinson (Crossing Press, 1998)

Wake Up, I'm Fat!, by Camryn Manheim, Rosie O'Donnell (Broadway Books, 2000)

When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself From Food and Weight Obsession, by Jane Hirschmann and Carol Munter (Fawcett Columbine, 1995)

Worth Your Weight: What You CAN Do About a Weight Problem, by Barbara Altman Bruno (Rutledge Books, Inc., 1996)


FOOD, HEALTH, MOVEMENT


Big Big Love: a Sourcebook on Sex for People of Size and Those Who Love Them, by Hanne Blank (Greenery Press, 2000)

Diet Breaking: Having it All Without Having to Diet, by Mary Evans Young (Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1995)


Don't Weight--Eat Healthy and Get Moving NOW!, by Kelly Bliss (Work It Out, Inc., 2001)

The Dieter's Dilemma, by William Bennett, M.D. and Joel Gurin (Basic Books, 1982)

Great Shape: The First Fitness Guide for Large Women, by Pat Lyons, Debby Burgard (Iuniverse.Com, 2000)

Making Peace with Food
, by Susan Kano (Harper & Row, 1989)

Moving Away From Diets, by Karin Kratina, M.A., R.D., L.D.; Nancy L. King, M.S., R.D., C.D.E.; and Dayle Hayes, M.S., R.D., L.D. (Helm Seminars, Publishing, 1996)

Rethinking Obesity, by Paul Ernsberger, Ph.D., and Paul Haskew, Ed.D. (Human Services Press, 1987)

You Count, Calories Don't, by Linda Omichinski, R.D. (Hyperion Press, Canada, 1992)


FOR KIDS

Am I Fat? Helping Young Children Accept Differences in Body Size, by Joanne Ikeda and Priscilla Naworski (ETR Associates, phone 1-800-321-4407).

Belinda's Bouquet, by Leslea Newman (Alyson Publications, 1991)

Foxy Fables and Facts About Dieting: A Journey to Healthy Lifestyles, by the Toronto INDD Coalition (NEDIC, Canada, 1996, phone 416-340-4156)


POLITICS

Dispensing With the Truth : The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen-Phen, by Alicia Mundy (St Martins Pr [Trade], 2001)

Fat and Proud: the Politics of Size
, by Charlotte Cooper (The Women's Press, Ltd., London, UK,1998)

FAT!SO?: Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size, by Marilyn Wann (Ten Speed Press, 1999)

Losing It: False Hopes and Fat Profits in the Diet Industry, by Laura Fraser (Penguin USA, 1998)

The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice in America, by W. Charisse Goodman (Gurze Books, 1995)

Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Opression, edited by Lisa Schoenfelder and Barb Wieser (Spinsters/Aunt Lute, 1983)

Tipping the Scales of Justice: Fighting Weight-Based Discrimination, by Sondra Solovay, J.D. (Prometheus Books, 2000)


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