making use of my best resource! *winning smile*

[such_heights]

Hi all,

Am looking for resources for a couple of friends of mine, and was wondering if any of you have some links/suggestions off the top of your head!

1. I am looking for novels that feature positive portrayals of women who aren't thin.

2. I am looking for resources to help someone who's currently in a pretty bad pit of depression but having trouble articulating that and reaching out. That sounds all too familiar to me, but I don't recommend my own strategy of going and going until you snap. Anything about first reaching out for professional support or recognising that's what happening is an illness and not a moral failing would be most welcome.

♥!

Comments

[arch]

The first one that came to mind for me was Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie. It was the first romance novel I ever read -- and I read it back when I bought into the stereotype that romance novels were always ridiculous; I totally expected to mock it. But instead I loved it! It's so funny and also poignant. I love the heroine, who is emphatically Not Thin and whose friends and romantic hero love her for it. Also, doughnuts play a surprisingly important role. Also also, it plays with fairy tale tropes. Plus the dialogue is clever and witty without being twee, and the whole book is great.

[bunners]

I was actually coming here to suggest this! It's a really fantastic book and is kind of my go-to place for when I'm feeling bad about my size - I always describe it as the "fatty doesn't have to lose weight,

hit post too soon, damnit

[bunners]

gains self-esteem, a cat, and a gorgeous man without having to change her appearance" book.

[such_heights]

Oh that sounds wonderful, thank you!

[arch]

It is so wonderful that I've talked myself into rereading it (again)!