Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things / Carolyn Mackler 246

Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things / Carolyn Mackler 246 p.

15 year old Virginia Shreves is overweight.  Her mother is pressuring her about her weight.  Her best friend has moved half a world way.  Her family is a bunch of thin stars.  Her mother is a adolescent psychologist, her brother was a big man on campus at the private school she attends, her sister is a Peace Corps volunteer.  She doesn't feel accepted at school.  She is kind of interested in Froggy.  She likes fooling around with him but doesn't want him seeing her fat.  When her brother is sent home from college for date-rape, her parents seem to gloss over it.  Virginia reacts by questioning her family's values.  She works through a lot of angst.  She comes out a stronger better person.  She rebels taking charge of her life and changing it.  She finds her own style complete with purple hair and an eyebrow ring and a more outgoing personality.