Thursday, January 12, 2023

Book Review: Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat and Family by Rabia Chaudry

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat and Family
by Rabia Chaudry (Biography Chaudry)

Rabia Chaudry is a bastion in the true crime world as an attorney and advocate for the wrongfully convicted, but this gives us a personal look at her as a daughter, wife, mother and woman. This is much more than a food or weight loss memoir and there is no ‘woe is me’ vibe here. What there is: is a lot of humor and honesty as Rabia shares her story of learning to accept her body even if it doesn’t conform to societal expectations. This is also a fascinating look at an immigrant family’s experience with American food and a woman’s discovery of her own heritage through food.

 

( official Fatty Fatty Boom Boom page on the official Rabia Chaudry web site )

 

Recommended by Jen J.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service

 

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