You're Not Born Fat
A memoir
This is an unflinching, visceral account of the author’s experience of living in France as a fat woman.
The book has 160 pages and has sold 7,000 copies to date.
When it was published in 2017, it made quite a splash - not just in France but in press all over the world.
I first read about it in the Observer Magazine (cover story), but it was also covered in The Times and The Independent,
as well as the New York Times and right across Europe.
The book has since spawned both a TV film for France2 (2019) and a documentary (On achève bien les gros) for Arte
The book has 160 pages and has sold 7,000 copies to date.
When it was published in 2017, it made quite a splash - not just in France but in press all over the world.
I first read about it in the Observer Magazine (cover story), but it was also covered in The Times and The Independent,
as well as the New York Times and right across Europe.
The book has since spawned both a TV film for France2 (2019) and a documentary (On achève bien les gros) for Arte
Publication & Sales Éditions Goutte d’Or
Sales to date; around 5,500 |
AuthorHere's an article from The Guardian offering a very full introduction to Gabrielle Deydier.
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ReadershipIn English, I believe this book would find its way into the hands of readers from two distinct segments of the market:
Francophiles - in the tradition of French Women Don’t Get Fat and French Children Don’t Throw Food, but with a twist; rather than glamorizing, glorifying, or gawping at France and the French way of life, this is a look at the heaving underbelly. Feminist/Fat Activist/Intuitive Eating - readers of books like the classic Fat is A Feminist Issue or Just Eat It, Anti-Diet, The F*ck It Diet and Happy Fat. Perhaps the book closest to it, written in English, is Roxane Gay’s Hunger. |