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Written in Wendy's wonderfully funny and candid voice, \u003ci\u003eThe Fat Girl's Guide to Life\u003c\/i\u003e provides thought-provoking insights, statistics, and body-image resources intended to restore a realistic standard of beauty and self-acceptance to the 68 percent of American women who wear a size 12 or larger. \u003ci\u003eThe Fat Girl's Guide to Life \u003c\/i\u003einvites you to step off the scale and weigh the issues for yourself. \u003cbr\u003eWendy Shanker is one of US Weekly's Fashion Police and was the resident humor columnist for Grace Woman magazine. She's appeared on Oxygen, Lifetime, VH1, CN, The View, and The Ricki Lake Show, and has written for Glamour, Self, Shape, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and MTV. 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