Every year on her birthday, Ashley Perkins gets a card from her grandmother—a card that always contains a promise: lose enough weight, and I will buy your happiness.Ashley doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with the way she looks, but no amount of arguing can persuade her grandmother that “fat” isn’t a dirty word—that Ashley is happy with her life, and her body, as it is...
| Title | : | Future Perfect |
| Author | : | Jen Larsen |
| Language | : | English |
| Format | : | Kindle Edition - 320 pages |
| Genres | : | Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Womens Fiction, Chick Lit, High School, Fiction, Young Adult Contemporary |
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A poorly written -- I'd even say dangerous disingenuous -- look at a girl whose story hinges on her grandmother's offer to pay for 4 years of college in exchange for her getting "weight loss surgery."
The girl is 17, "tall," and "size 18, sometimes 20." There's never any discussion of diets, of dietitians, of being the right weight for her height and body shape. There's nothing alternative to grandma's offer except not doing it. There's nothing to Ashley as a character at all, except for this.
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