I liked how Barson dealt with all matters of weight issues, from being overweight to being underweight and even how our weight and looks obsessed society is affecting young children. Ann’s thoughts and feelings were spot on and things I’ve thought and felt myself. Connecting with people gets harder because we are constantly wondering what they are thinking, how they are seeing us and our excess fat rolls, and sometimes it’s better to just not deal with it and hide. We’re hyper aware of the world and what other people might be thinking of us. We eat the ice cream and then immediately feel horrible for eating it. We make all the plans in the world to diet and workout but it’s hard and that end result is a nebulous, unclear idea somewhere in the future and the ice cream is immediate and delicious and right in front of us. We do want to change, we want to be thin and healthy, and we’re frankly disgusted by ourselves sometimes. Barson encapsulated how overweight people think and feel in Ann. 45 Pounds (and it kills me to start a sentence with a numeral like that) hit me hard and kept hitting me until the very end.Īnn was an awesome character. By official measurements, I am in fact morbidly obese. Ann, age 16 and size 17, is the main character. She wasn’t the wallflower, background character that everyone teased and was the butt of jokes but only appears for a little while. She wasn’t the quirky friend who has a great personality, never mind what she looks like. There was a fat girl in it and that fat girl was the main character. I had only one reason for reading 45 Pounds (more or less) by K.A. It’s all about feeling comfortable in your own skin - no matter how you add it up! Welcome to the world of infomercial diet plans, terrifying wedding dance lessons, endless run-ins with the cutest guy Ann’s ever seen-and some surprises about her NOT-so-perfect mother.Īnd there’s one more thing. So Ann makes up her mind: Time to lose 45 pounds (more or less) in two months. Her Aunt Jackie is getting married in 8 weeks, and wants Ann to be her bridesmaid. Here are the numbers of Ann Galardi’s life: Genre: Contemporary, Chick Lit, Humor, Coming of Age, Body Acceptance Published July 11th 2013 by Viking Juvenile

45 pounds by ka barson