The Cinderella references throughout the book are very clear. Her dad has now remarried and she has a lovely step-mother and two beautiful, thin step-sisters. They had shared a love of food while she was alive, but after her death Ever found solace in comfort eating. Well, I guess you would be if someone was constantly abusing you.Įver’s weight gain began in earnest when her mum died. This makes Ever kinda prickly, she’s a bit snappy and often quite rude. Skinny is so relentless and obnoxious that she often drowns out what people are actually saying. Skinny never shuts up, spewing vile abuse in her ear all the time about what everyone else is thinking about her. (That’s nearly 21½ stones, to save you working it out.) Not only does she carry around all that extra weight, she also has the added baggage of a nagging internal voice she calls Skinny. Don’t you ADORE it when a book does that to you? I was caught off guard by Ever’s story, her voice was captivating and I read it in a few obsessive hours.Įver Davies is fifteen years old. Little did I realise when I cracked open the spine that I was going to be utterly and completely sucked in. When I picked up Skinny by Donna Cooner it was in a nonchalant, casual, you’re next sort of way. I have no favourite Chairee’s…I love them all!) (These reviews will come in no particular order, only the next one off the pile. Since my life will be entirely filled with these books for the next few weeks I thought I’d just chronicle the journey here, since I won’t have time for anything else. I don’t seem to have read nearly as much these past twelve months as I’d thought so when I looked down the pile to-be-read I was thrilled at all the new prospects. YAY! And I have a lot, lot, lot of reading to do. Be ready to laugh and even cry.but in the end after reading 'Skinny' showing much bravery and courage.and I would recommend this one as a good quick read.I’m Chairing at the Edinburgh Book Festival again this year. Cooner offers us a beautiful novel about over coming ones insecurities and getting rid of that voiced that says 'you aren't good enough and skinny enough for anything! Be ready to be taken on a long journey where demons will be faced. the author was a gastric bypass patient herself. There was definitely a positive message that this book delivers. Wow, I can only say what amusing novel this one is! This author has choose a wonderful topic that has troubled us forever.obesity of the childhood.and I think she did a good job at accurately bringing out the pros and cons of weight loss surgery. This novel is of a journey taken as this young lady under goes surgery to reduce her weight. Author: Donna CoonerPublished By: Point Press Age Recommended: YAReviewed By: Arlena DeanBook Blog For: GMTARating: 4Review:'Skinny' by Donna Cooner was some read definitely a powerful one.