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Are
you part of a reading group? Thinking of starting one? Depending on my
availability, I'd love to answer a few questions by email or schedule
a conference by speakerphone when you're reading Moose or Straight
Up And Dirty. Please email tossklein@gmail.com
with the following information:
• Name
• Number of members in your book club
• Location
• Club leader
• Contact email and phone number
• When you meet/propose to read Moose and/or
Straight Up And Dirty
Early Reader Reviews of MOOSE from FirstLook:
I have to admit I'm a male and I love reading her blog so I was thrilled
to learn I would be reading her new book Moose. Just like her blogs, her
book is down to earth and has a real feel to it thats other authors just
seem to be lacking nowadays. The way it was written made you eagar to
quickly finish and turn the page as not to be left behind. I enjoyed this
book greatly and look forward to more from her.
— Eric (Lansing, MI)
Moose has taken me back to my adolescence. Klein captures what it was
to be a young and overweight pre-teen searching for acceptance in a world
not always accepting. Short on dialogue, it's never a problem because
Klein's prose is vivid and her description is clear as the lake upon where
she camped. Moose is a beautiful sophomore follow-up to Dirty, and personally,
I am relating to it much more so, because of my past weight issues. Thank
you Klein, and I look forward to another insightful memoir from you soon!
Perhaps a mommy book titled Kangaroo? Keep writing!
— Stephanie (Woodridge, IL)
Being an adolescent girl is hard, being a fat adolescent girl is even
harder... There are few things in life as embarassing as being the fat
kid. Everyone sees the class pictures, the lonely lunches and the sweat
stained t-shirts in gym class. However, though as zoftig as she may be
at home, she's one of the hot girls at fat camp, dozens of pounds lighter
than most of the other campers. But all is not well at fat camp. There
are social and sexual fumblings, as well as firsthand, backstabbing and
breakups, as well as a triumphant weight loss and rumor-laden return home.
Fat camp and Klein's 'big' childhood are put into perspective as Klein,
a now pregnant-with-twins-woman, is told by her doctor that she has to
gain weight. Klein takes readers into the trenches of the weight battle
with Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp. Readers that have sometimes been fat
and those who are always fat will find a champion in Klein, or at least
those who want to get thinner.
— Nicole (Barberton, OH)
Absolutely wonderful, truly adorable and hard to put down! When was the
last time you read a great book and couldn't wait until the movie comes
out? A perfect beach read or anytime read. I couldn't love this book more!
— Jane (Shen, IA)
"Moose", by Stephanie Klein is an important book for girls of
all ages.In reading it we are reminded of our own struggles as youths.
We see through Ms. Klein's eyes, how others treat us affects us and how
it causes us to treat ourselves, as well. We are reminded here that who
we become as adults is shaped by the things that happen to us, and the
words we hear echo throughout our life. The book acknowledges us, and
ultimately validates us, as Ms. Klein did with "Moose". We are
vindicated. Whatever shape we are it is still our skin, and it fits us
just right. This allows us to accept who we are, and to finally learn
to comfortable in our own skin. McGuffy Ann Morris
— McGuffy Ann (Antioch, IL)
This very well-written memoir takes the reader with the author on her
odyssey from a 164-pound 9 year old to a size 4 wife and mother. Along
the way the reader is able to view the roller coaster ride of emotions
– hope, despair, anger, belligerence, friendship, humiliation, contempt
and love. The ugliness of prejudice and assumptions and the disastrous
effects these beliefs had upon Stephanie (and others, of course) actually
became a motivation for her – the desire to prove them wrong. After trying
many of the generally accepted ways of losing weight, Stephanie and her
parents learned about and became enthusiastic about a “fat camp,” where
being obese was the norm and the atmosphere was very intense – between
gender opposites in which some body discovering took place, to same-sex
relationships which produced best friends For so many people who feel
that achieving their weight loss goal is an insurmountable task, the knowledge
and understanding that Stephanie gained at camp served her well for the
coming years when pounds crept up again and she had to face disappointment
and shame in herself, but the determination to never be that lonely little
girl again. Ms. Klein’s self-realization seems to have been strong from
an early age; however, that may come with the hindsight of maturity. Two
things she said in her memoir that struck me as worth remembering are:
“I didn’t care what caused me to be overweight. I just wanted to fix it.
I already knew how to eat clean and listen to my body. Everyone knew.
But it’s never about knowing the answers. It’s about living them. And
I didn’t know how.” And “I spent my whole single life trying to be thin
so I could find someone who’d love me once I got fat.”
— Barbara (Nashville, TN)
I enjoyed reading this book. It brought back memories when I was 12 years
old. It made laugh and made cry. It brought a lot of emotion's out that
I relate to.
— Mary (Corpus Christi, TX)
Stephanie Klein graciously allows us a voyeuristic view into the life
of her former overweight adolescent self. In what seems like an honest
(sometimes brutally so) account of her life as a Long Island pre-teen,
Stephanie reveals with witty candor, the strengths and sorrows of a precocious
girl, determined to be thin at any cost. Friends and enemies, crushes
and first loves, and the cruelty of junior high school bullies rekindle
your own memories of slam books and first base. Stephanie Klein reveals
things that I could never, WOULD never be brave enough to share. Even
as an adult. Kudos Stephanie on a job well done!
— Leslie (Monroe, NY)
MOOSE is a great, fun read! Most of us can relate to Stephanie's story
of being self-conscious,embarressed,or overweight sometime in our growing
or adult years. We all want to be accepted and made to feel equal. This
is Stephanie's story and while reading the story it makes you feel your
are right there with Stephanie, through the anguish and heartache of wanting
to be accepted and to fit in. She learns what is TRULY important along
the way!! Stephanie's words are true and real! You will laugh,cry, and
cheer for her but most of all you realize she learned a lot !! You will
not be disappionted!
— nancy r (mc calla, AL)
In Moose, Stephanie Klein enlightens the reader about growing up overweight
in the United States. This is a memoir written with candor and honesty.
Food becomes an addiction for many people, but a hard one to break because
you can't give it up totally. Ms. Klein clearly illustrates this struggle
for us. This book is perfect for book clubs.
— Patricia (Baltimore, MD)
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