| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
181 pages : photographs ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes an interview with the author and discussion questions. |
| Summary |
John McNally gives readers an honest and often mischievous look at his working-class childhood in midwestern America. This intimate glimpse into McNally's family takes readers through two states, five grade schools, 210 pounds, and a lifetime of insecurity. Like Dickens's David Copperfield, McNally hopes to be the hero of his own story, but unlike David Copperfield, he is a fat boy who breaks kids' noses in karate and has fantasies of living in a nudist camp with his kindergarten teacher. From an explosive night in an Illinois trailer park to tumultuous father-son bonding at an endless stream of flea markets, McNally gives the skinny on life as a fat kid. |
| Contents |
The fat boy's home -- The fat boy's fat body -- The fat boy's education -- The fat boy's sex life -- The fat boy coda -- Author interview -- Questions for discussion. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
McNally, John.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
McNally, John. (OCoLC)fst00465082
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Authors, American -- Biography.
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
0996864954 |
|
9780996864954 |
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