"A delicious and mouthwatering book about food and family, the
complicated love for both, and how that shapes us into who we are .
. . I absolutely loved it!" -Valerie Bertinelli From the
bestselling author and host of the wildly popular Undisclosed
podcast, a warm, intimate memoir about food, body image, and
growing up in a loving but sometimes oppressively concerned
Pakistani immigrant family. "My entire life I have been less fat
and more fat, but never not fat." According to family lore, when
Rabia Chaudry's family returned to Pakistan for their first visit
since moving to the United States, two-year-old Rabia was more than
just a pudgy toddler. Dada Abu, her fit and sprightly grandfather,
attempted to pick her up but had to put her straight back down,
demanding of Chaudry's mother: "What have you done to her?" The
answer was two full bottles of half-and-half per day, frozen butter
sticks to gnaw on, and lots and lots of American processed foods.
And yet, despite her parents plying her with all the wrong foods as
they discovered Burger King and Dairy Queen, they were highly
concerned for the future for their large-sized daughter. How would
she ever find a suitable husband? There was merciless teasing by
uncles, cousins, and kids at school, but Chaudry always loved food
too much to hold a grudge against it. Soon she would leave behind
fast food and come to love the Pakistani foods of her heritage,
learning to cook them with wholesome ingredients and eat them in
moderation. At once a love letter (with recipes) to fresh roti,
chaat, chicken biryani, ghee, pakoras, shorba, parathay and an
often hilarious dissection of life in a Muslim immigrant family,
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom is also a searingly honest portrait of a
woman grappling with a body that gets the job done but that refuses
to meet the expectations of others. Chaudry's memoir offers readers
a relatable and powerful voice on the controversial topic of body
image, one that dispenses with the politics and gets to what every
woman who has ever struggled with weight will relate to.
General
Imprint: |
Algonquin Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Rabia Chaudry
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64375-538-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-64375-538-2 |
Barcode: |
9781643755380 |
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