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Alicia "Plum" Kettle fa di tutto per non essere notata, perché - quando sei grassa - essere notata significa essere giudicata. Ed essere giudicata male, per dirla tutta. In attesa dell'intervento chirurgico miracoloso che le farà perdere peso una volta per tutte, Plum lavora a un periodico per teenager rispondendo alla posta delle lettrici, che le confidano i loro tormenti di giovani donne: un seno asimmetrico, le molestie di un fratellastro, un'inclinazione all'autolesionismo, ecc. ecc. Ma quando una ragazza misteriosa con collant sgargianti e anfibi neri comincia a seguirla, Plum finisce in un vortice di strane vicende e incontri bizzarri che la porteranno a conoscere il mondo di Calliope House - una comunità underground di donne che rifiutano le regole della società - e la costringeranno a confrontarsi con i costi reali del "diventare bella". Contemporaneamente, un gruppo guerrigliero sparge terrore a piene mani in un mondo che maltratta le donne, e Plum si ritrova implicata in una trama sinistra che avrà conseguenze esplosive.
- ISBN: 8804721863
- Casa Editrice: Mondadori
- Pagine: 375
- Data di uscita: 18-02-2020
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It is jarring to me how many reviews of this book state that people liked the storyline about Plum when she was starving herself, hiding and ashamed of her weight, waiting for the day that she would one day be thin, but that once the book delved into some deep feminist terrorism territory, with the
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This book captured the glorious feminist spirit I wanted The Power to have but did not. In Dietland we follow 300-pound Plum Kettle, a fat woman who does her best to go unnoticed. All her life, people have judged, excluded, and harassed her because of her weight. So while she works her day job a
Yeah that's right - five mother-effing stars. This book spoke to me for the obvious reason but I loved it beyond that. The two story lines worked so nicely together, and all of it made me think about what was happening/between the lines of the book even when I wasn't reading. Time to buy some colorf Leggi tutto
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Once in a decade, a novel comes along with the potential to alter our perception of reality, to change how we see ourselves and to reveal new possibilities in how we can live lives of joy and freedom. For many readers, Sarai Walker’s debut novel Dietland may be just that. I am someone who rates read Leggi tutto
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