Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Big Girl, by Danielle Steel


Journey of Self-Discovery

Victoria Dawson is on a journey of self-discovery. She grew up with a narcissistic father, uncaring mother, and in the shadow of her perfect younger sister. When Victoria was young her father referred to her as the “tester cake.” Victoria is a plus-size woman whom due to childhood psychology issues inflected by her father believes that she is unlovable. Discover how she overcomes all her prejudices she believes about herself.

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1 comment:

  1. This is a fascinating character study of a woman who seems to have everything, but lacks self esteem after growing up being told she was a worthless loser while her sister was perfect. Victoria is an intriguing individual who rates herself as useless because that is all she heard from her parents. The problem with this family drama is just how verbally abusive her parents are towards the Big Girl as they are so over the top with their nastiness towards their first born vs. their kind nurturing of their second child, they lack credibility and are two dimensional. Still in spite of the cardboard vicious parents, fans will root for Victoria to realize how much she has going; overcoming negative fostering.

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