Weightless making space for my resilient body and soul

"In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to a diagnosis of heart failure a...

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Main Author: Dionne, Evette (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
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