Moose: A Memoir [Paperback]

Stephanie Klein was an eighth grader with a weight problem. It was a problem at school, where the boys called her Moose, and it was a problem at home, where her father reminded her, No one likes fat girls. After many frustrating sessions with a nutritionist known as the fat doctor of Roslyn Heights, Long Island, Klein's parents enrolled her for a summer at fat camp. Determined to return to school thin and popular, without her lard arms and puckered ham, Stephanie embarked on a memorable journey that would shape more than just her body. It would shape her life.

Candid . . . inspiring . . . With vivid characterizations, spot-on locale descriptions and sly jokes at her own expense, Klein offers an original and touching take on the all-too-common problem of childhood obesity.The memoir, which mixes painful revelations with amusing anecdotes, teems with details, like the sixth-grade Spanish class in which the teacher told students to identify themselves as fat or thin.A candid, touching memoir . . . Itll make you laughand cry.Klein intersperses surprisingly touching observations with crackling, punny lexicon. Grade: AKlein is a talented writer who tells the story of her love life with boldness and irreverence.Kleins appeal comes not just from her nocturnal wonderings, but from her relentless plumbing of what went wrong in her twenties and how those mistakes inform her present.Kleins sense of humor is downright wicked&a great, fun read.Nothing, it seems, is too private not to share with . . . Ms. Kleins legions of followers. And that is exactly how they like it. . . . [She is] the Carrie Bradshaw of New York bloggers.Hilarious . . . perfect beach-blanket reading.You could call her a real-life Carrie Bradshaw, but it wouldnt do Klein justice. With a fearless voice, the blogger weaves a memoir filled with heartbreak and humor& a compelling writer.