To Be Honest

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Having only Fiyero the monster poodle and her mom around, Savannah had to deal with her emotions and anxiety that was filled by her mom’s one-track mind to count calories and food restriction. Especially the whole "saying michael likes comedies but secretly meaning her mom likes comedies" that doesn't even make sense! For young Michael, this freedom to be yourself—despite being bullied and ostracized at school—felt liberating. You know versions of That Guy, but believe me, you have never seen one who goes quite to the level of Leviton's father, who deserves to be in the pantheon of Bad Memoir Dads.

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For example, as a German I always have to laugh in American TV shows or movies when a German is portrayed as too direct or too rude when in fact the character is only honest. We get to see firsthand that being plus-size doesn’t make her unhealthy, but that she also doesn’t have to obsess over weight loss and eat nothing but salads to deserve the basic air she breathes. The wolf insists he was just trying to borrow some sugar to make a birthday cake for his poor old granny. As Savvy and George grow closer, they help each other discover how to live in the moment and enjoy the here and now before it disappears.

Maggie Ann Martin actually allows us to look past Savvy's weight into other aspects of her life, and it's a shame that books like this are so few and far between. On a hot day, Kancil, the mouse deer and Kura-Kura, the tortoise, spotted a tree full of juicy fruits. It also felt eye opening at times, reading about grief and actually realising mine is still quite raw, and now I am grieving more since leaving university and being on the path to self love and change. From sitting in the AC because he couldn't figure out to ask her what she wanted because "Well if she wanted the heat on, she should have SAID something".

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I'm sorry that someone taught you to hate yourself because of your body somewhere along the way, but I'm not going to let you pull me down with you. Both are supportive and loving and even when they have an argument it's not the end of the world and they figure it out. The etiquette experts didn't see caring about what other people thought as a flaw or tragedy, but as an easy-to-accept reality. Savannah has some incredible quotes here and there as she talks about how she has grown to love her body, even if she still has her moments of self-consciousness.What she doesn't count on is that her mother's obsession with weight has only grown deeper since her appearance on an extreme weight-loss show , and now Savvy's mom is pressuring her even harder to be constantly mindful of what she eats. You may think you know what you're getting into in a memoir about someone who was raised to be honest above all else, but you do not.