The Fat Girl (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Andre Dubus
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1955-1975
- Setting: Louisiana and Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Louise, Carrie, Richard
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Teenagers, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Self, Marriage, Pregnancy, College life, Self-confidence, Obesity, Eating disorders, Hunger
- Locales: Louisiana, Massachusetts
The Story
Louise was kissed for the first time at the age of sixteen, when a drunken young man roughly grabbed her at a barbecue. Her father, a wealthy lawyer in a small city in Louisiana, often kisses her as well, but she can see pity in his eyes along with love. The reason for Louise's lack of affection from young men her own age and for her father's pity is that, since she was nine years old, she has been putting on weight from overeating. Her slim and pretty mother, worried about Louise's attractiveness to boys, feeds her dietetic lunches, but Louise later sneaks into the...
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See Also:
Andre Dubus (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Andre Dubus (Short Fiction)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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