Fat Girl Walking

Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It

By: Brittany Gibbons

Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Dear person considering Fat Girl Walking,

First of all, thanks for reading about my first audiobook. I hope you buy it - and not just because each purchase gets me one step closer to buying the leather pants of my dreams.

I hope you buy Fat Girl Walking because I want to start a conversation. Or continue a conversation, one I inadvertently started a while ago when I took my clothes off on a stage in front of 700 people. A lot of people thought I was awesome for doing that. A lot of others thought a size 18 woman had absolutely no business showing off her body. Unfortunately for them, I've made it my personal mission to destroy the ridiculous myth that every woman who is overweight hates her body and herself. I, Brittany Gibbons, and the Curvy Girls I speak to every day on the Internet, beg to differ. We love our bodies. We love fashion. We are in loving relationships, having lots of sex. We aren't just a fetish, we're normal women. Sure, sometimes we doubt ourselves, we're not robots, but not anymore than EVERY OTHER WOMAN ON THE PLANET. See, Fat Girls aren't freaks of nature. We're just like you. Maybe we are you.

Fat Girl Walking is a collection of stories from my life, my thoughts about the issues that I have faced as a woman, wife, mom, daughter, daughter-in-law, and Internet personality in regards to my weight. I have tried to be as honest as I possibly could - apologies in advance to my husband and parents, but hopefully any discomfort you feel is quickly replaced by laughter. The insecure texts to my husband and summer camp hijinks are hilarious if I do say so myself. And I also ask some tough questions, things like "What if my husband weighs less than I do?" and "Is my body hate ruining my daughter's life?"

Listen to Fat Girl Walking and let's start having these conversations. No pressure, but we may just save all of womankind.

Love,
Brittany

©2015 Brittany Gibbons (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers

Enjoyable!

Could not put it down. The narration is exceptional. Funny and light hearted.

hilarious, relatable, awesome narrator

Loved it. super funny. very very enjoyable narrator. best audible book I have listened to!!!

unexpected inspiration

Having never heard of Brittany Gibson prior to purchasing this book, I didn't know what to expect when plunging into this gem. After the first chapter I was in love. She is absolutely hilarious and very inspiring. It's comforting to hear a story of someone else who has had a "real" life, Not only dealing with body image issues but also mental illness and family issues , poverty, and a strange sense of humor. I want to be best friends with Brittany Gibson!

Reveling and interesting

One of the main reasons I wanted this book was because of the magnificent narrator, Lauren Fortgang, and because of the subject of this book, and I have to confirm that my expectations have been satisfied. Also I captured some very good and interesting ideas for what my future job would like to be...

Totally Relatable Author

Emjoyed this book and whole-heartedly agree with Brittany's message. The beginning seemed a little slow, with the pace picking up when she hit high school and the story finally hitting its stride when she came into stories of her adult life

Fun and thoughtful

Would you listen to Fat Girl Walking again? Why?

I really enjoyed listening to this book. I love the bopo movement and hearing Brittany's take on it. My only complaint is that I just wish she had read it. I also love when the author reads their bios type books. This narrator did a good job though.

not that good

I didn't really like this audio book, the narrator was good, but the story wasn't.

fucking amazing

Brittany made me gasp with horror, cry with sympathy, and laugh out loud because I could so relate to it all. if you have ever been fat, had issues with food, struggled with depression and anxiety, been a mom, or just in general been alive and are not a super model..... it's a must read.

Fun "read"

Any additional comments?

More than a year after "reading" this book, I think back to it almost every day. Be it different stories that were told, or just the confidence that I took away from this book, I'm so glad I read it.

Brilliant

I loved reading this book but Lauren does a great job at narrating it! Great for long drive or winding down at the end of the day.