{"product_id":"wake-up-im-fat-paperback","title":"Wake Up, I'm Fat! - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCamryn Manheim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling inspirational memoir, Camryn Manheim, Emmy Award-winning costar of \u003cb\u003eThe Practice\u003c\/b\u003e, chronicles her journey from a self-hating, \"overweight\" teenager, who desperately wanted to fit in, to a self-loving, fat activist who is proud to be a misfit. \u003cb\u003eWake Up, I'm Fat \u003c\/b\u003e shares her intelligent, candid, poignant, and often hilarious stories of being fat in a society obsessed with being thin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCamryn takes us from her days as a motorcycle-riding hippie in Santa Cruz to her enrollment at New York University's prestigious school of drama--where Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner broke the unspoken theater rules of size by casting her in the role of the ingenue--and finally to Hollywood, where she dispelled the fallacy that large women can't be portrayed as sensual, sophisticated, and confident. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCamryn's endearing honesty, sass, and razor-sharp wit will appeal to any reader who has ever felt like an outcast or yearned to make peace with their body.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this \"New York Times-bestselling inspirational memoir, Camryn Manheim, Emmy Award-winning costar of The Practice, chronicles her journey from a self-hating, \"overweight\" teenager, who desperately wanted to fit in, to a self-loving, fat activist who is proud to be a misfit. Wake Up, I'm Fat! shares her intelligent, candid, poignant, and often hilarious stories of being fat in a society obsessed with being thin. \u003cbr\u003eCamryn takes us from her days as a motorcycle-riding hippie in Santa Cruz to her enrollment at New York University's prestigious school of drama--where Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner broke the unspoken theater rules of size by casting her in the role of the ingenue--and finally to Hollywood, where she dispelled the fallacy that large women can't be portrayed as sensual, sophisticated, and confident. \u003cbr\u003eCamryn's endearing honesty, sass, and razor-sharp wit will appeal to any reader who has ever felt like an outcast or yearned to make peace with their body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCamryn Manheim is an actor, activist, writer, and playwright who rides a Honda CB650, and whose current role as the smart, passionate, combative attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's \u003ci\u003eThe Practice\u003c\/i\u003e earned her an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress in a drama. Her film credits include \u003ci\u003eHappiness, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, The Road to Wellville, Eraser, Mercury Rising\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWide Awake.\u003c\/i\u003e She holds a master's degree in acting from NYU and is proud to have performed in most of New York's off-Broadway theaters, winning an Obie Award and an Encore Award for her performance in Craig Lucas's \u003ci\u003eMissing Persons.\u003c\/i\u003e In 1994 she brought her acclaimed one-woman show, \u003ci\u003eWake Up, I'm Fat!, \u003c\/i\u003e to the Joseph Papp Public Theater. She divides her time between New York and Los Angeles, but is registered to vote in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.55 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761429872928,"sku":"9780767903639","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ab85e61a38db81e6dd0dad1ba81e0d3.webp?v=1780207307","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wake-up-im-fat-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}