Skinny Me A New Start Book 1 eBook Charlene Carr
Download As PDF : Skinny Me A New Start Book 1 eBook Charlene Carr 
This isn’t me. This is the fat that surrounds me.
Whirling from a life that's crumbling around her, Jennifer Carpenter devotes herself to the one thing she can control becoming the ideal version of herself—a thinner version—no matter the cost.
Will she break free of self-hatred and poor choices, or continue to live a life of lies?
Skinny Me is an in-depth look at the complicated layers of insecurity and depression that can stem from seeking self-worth and beauty in the numbers on a scale.
Beautiful, harsh, and truthful in its characterization of a woman who is flawed yet inspirational. Download Skinny Me and join Jennifer on her journey toward self-discovery today!
Reader Reviews
"The entire text is wholly cathartic for both the protagonist and the reader. This book is exceptionally and intuitively written. Raw, emotional, and witty too!" - Kristen, The Miscellaneous Mom Blog
"[Carr] doesn’t make her lead character a caricature. She makes her human. She gives her emotion and intelligence and relationships." - Angie, NetGalley Reviewer
"If you've ever felt ugly, fat, or just not enough for anyone to like you, then this should be in your reading list. Scratch that. At the top of your list." - Goodreads Reviewer
Skinny Me is Book One in the A New Start Series. Each book in the series is a complete story on its own, but the books are best read chronologically.
Other books in the A New Start Series
Where There Is Life (Book 2)
By What We Love (Book 3)
Forever in My Heart (Book 4)
Whispers of Hope (Book 5)
Skinny Me Back Cover Description
Jennifer Carpenter dreams of being a different person – A person with confidence, a person with beauty, a person who weighs a heck of a lot less.
At twenty-seven, her world falls apart. She’s out of work, her mother has died, her estranged brother is in a coma and, despite good qualifications, each and every job interview ends in another rejection. Marked by the teasing, taunts, and fat jokes that defined her childhood, Jennifer blames her current lack of success on her ever-growing waist band.
In need of a change, Jennifer puts her dream of ‘skinny’ above all else. Obsessed with this mission, she devotes her life to becoming the ideal version of herself even if it means becoming alienated from the only people who love her. Determined to lose the weight she believes is ruining her life, Jennifer finds herself in danger of losing so much more.
Skinny Me A New Start Book 1 eBook Charlene Carr
This was a really, really engaging book despite some unforgivable grammatical errors (apostrophes don't go in plural words!) I had trouble getting into it at first because, as other reviewers mentioned, the author doesn't do a great job of getting inside an actual fat person's mind. Jenn's character comes off as a caricature in the first few chapters, devouring large containers of ice cream in one sitting and describing her "repulsive" body in a stilted manner that really didn't seem like the way anyone would describe themselves.This is more than made up for later in the book when Jenn's weight starts coming off, the author does a PHENOMENAL job of communicating what it's like to be an average/slim person with body dysmorphia. I think the first person description of being a size 6 with severe body dysmorphia is where this book really shines, because the typical American response to a thin person feeling bad about her body is usually something like "shut up, you have nothing to complain about." Jenn assumes that becoming a thin person will solve all her life's problems, but after she loses the weight, she still feels just as insecure as she did before, with the added misery that men now treat her like a sex object. I have to praise the author for including that, because like body dysmorphia, nobody takes it seriously when slim women speak up about unwanted attention from men either, the typical response is something rude and derisive like "don't complain about being pretty." Shortly after her transformation, Jenn learns the price of being conventionally attractive-- which is, how bad it feels to be objectified all the time by men undressing you with their eyes and women measuring your attractiveness against theirs.
I didn't have issues with Jenn's likeability, maybe because I've been depressed and acted like that--she's not really being rude to people who are trying to help her, so much as she just doesn't know how to tell them that their attempts to help are actually making her feel even worse about herself, which is also why she keeps them at a distance. However, I did have an issue with her magical snap overnight change to magically stop being depressed, become a "better" person, and instantly become satisfied with herself. Depression doesn't work like that and a lifetime of low self esteem can't be erased by a sentence.
Warning: The ebook cuts off with a chapter to go and prompts you to sign up for the author's mailing list to receive the final chapter of the book via email. I think that's bad business, but I'm still going to do it--and probably read the next book about Autumn too, because she starts to seem like a real person and not just miss perfect toward the end of this one and I'm curious to see what's under the perfect facade she presents to the world.
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Skinny Me A New Start Book 1 eBook Charlene Carr Reviews
I absolutely loved this book. I was searching for something to help me feel better about my recent weight gain and struggle with weight loss and this book was perfect. Not only was it entertaining, the main character forced me to do more soul searching than I have done regarding my weight in years. I saw myself in her and her thoughts concerning other people. Unlike Jenn, I never said these things out loud but even thinking them made me feel like a bad person. I have always thought that people who were happy being fat were just faking it too but after reading this book I realized that not everyone bases their happiness on external things.
I still need to lose weight for health reasons but thanks to this book I also plan to lose my negative, judgemental attitude!
Great book and I'm ready for the sequel!
Jennifer has always had a weight problem. Her mom encouraged bad eating habits from Jenn's early days. For her mom it was a means of finding comfort when Jenn's father left them to start a new family with a younger woman, leaving Jennifer's mother to take care of her and her younger brother, Billy. Billy has made fun of his mom and sister because of their weight, and chose to live with his dad and the new family. One day, Jennifer found her mom dead on the floor from a heart attack, and eventually decided she didn't want to end up the same way. She started a program on her own, but eventually knew she needed more help. She went to a fitness center and was assigned a personal trainer, who just happened to be her cousin's boyfriend.
Jennifer had a lot of emotional issues, and was trying to lose weight for all the wrong reasons which she discovered finally. Her journey was a hard one.
If you've ever had a weight problem you will probably find yourself in Jennifer. This book helped me understand how people can be hurt and develop feelings that may not be the right ones. Give this book a try and see if you find a small part of yourself in it. You'll be glad you took the time to read it.
This story was very believable, as I have had the same issues as Jennifer. I believed that my life would change once I lost weight and became skinny. My life did not go as I had planned, and it took many years and many episodes of weight gain and weight loss before I finally found the truth. You actually do need to live the life you want at the weight you are, if you want to succeed as a skinny woman. You cannot put your life on hold waiting for happiness to come after you have lost the fat . Being skinny does not magically make your life better or perfect. It is your attitude that helps to make your life better. Friends and family can either help or sabotage your weight loss. Just the same as they can sabotage your goals to succeed in life. There is no such thing as a perfect life. One of the other issues that came up in the book was the fact that people responding to your weight-loss gives you both pride and shame. That is a very true obstacle to overcome. The fact that Jennifer was not a loving giving woman made her more real. She was raised by an unhappy mother, who used food for comfort and happiness. These habits were taught to Jennifer. Self-medicating with food, alcohol or drugs is all the same addiction. Obesity is a good marker of an unhappy person. Jennifer made various changes in her life with her job, her lifestyle and her food, and eventually she had to work out what was causing her food addiction. This book was very believable, and helped me get insights for my own preconceived ideas.
This was a really, really engaging book despite some unforgivable grammatical errors (apostrophes don't go in plural words!) I had trouble getting into it at first because, as other reviewers mentioned, the author doesn't do a great job of getting inside an actual fat person's mind. Jenn's character comes off as a caricature in the first few chapters, devouring large containers of ice cream in one sitting and describing her "repulsive" body in a stilted manner that really didn't seem like the way anyone would describe themselves.
This is more than made up for later in the book when Jenn's weight starts coming off, the author does a PHENOMENAL job of communicating what it's like to be an average/slim person with body dysmorphia. I think the first person description of being a size 6 with severe body dysmorphia is where this book really shines, because the typical American response to a thin person feeling bad about her body is usually something like "shut up, you have nothing to complain about." Jenn assumes that becoming a thin person will solve all her life's problems, but after she loses the weight, she still feels just as insecure as she did before, with the added misery that men now treat her like a sex object. I have to praise the author for including that, because like body dysmorphia, nobody takes it seriously when slim women speak up about unwanted attention from men either, the typical response is something rude and derisive like "don't complain about being pretty." Shortly after her transformation, Jenn learns the price of being conventionally attractive-- which is, how bad it feels to be objectified all the time by men undressing you with their eyes and women measuring your attractiveness against theirs.
I didn't have issues with Jenn's likeability, maybe because I've been depressed and acted like that--she's not really being rude to people who are trying to help her, so much as she just doesn't know how to tell them that their attempts to help are actually making her feel even worse about herself, which is also why she keeps them at a distance. However, I did have an issue with her magical snap overnight change to magically stop being depressed, become a "better" person, and instantly become satisfied with herself. Depression doesn't work like that and a lifetime of low self esteem can't be erased by a sentence.
Warning The ebook cuts off with a chapter to go and prompts you to sign up for the author's mailing list to receive the final chapter of the book via email. I think that's bad business, but I'm still going to do it--and probably read the next book about Autumn too, because she starts to seem like a real person and not just miss perfect toward the end of this one and I'm curious to see what's under the perfect facade she presents to the world.
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