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eclecticbookreviewer 's review for:
Dumplin'
by Julie Murphy
What a wonderful book. Have you ever thought of how many great books we would miss out on if a movie did not draw our attention to it? A Netflix movie encouraged me to add this book to my to be read pile. The news that Julie Murphy was writing a third book in the series led me to read it this month and I was pleasantly surprised.
In Dumplin’ the main character Willowdean Dickson is grieving the loss of her obese aunt who she was closer to than even her mother. Her mother, a former beauty queen, runs a beauty pageant every year that her daughter is not very interested in. The divide between mother and daughter seems to get wider when plus sized Willowdean decides to enter the beauty pageant as a tribute to her departed aunt.
Most will expect this novel to have something profound to say about obesity. But instead the book gives a look at the insecurities people hide and deal with daily. There are no answers given in this book and nobody was transformed into a princess in the end. Mostly everyone carried on the same as ever even the bullies. Secondary characters are also used to highlight the insecurities persons struggle with and to encourage the main character on her journey toward self-acceptance.
In Dumplin’ the main character Willowdean Dickson is grieving the loss of her obese aunt who she was closer to than even her mother. Her mother, a former beauty queen, runs a beauty pageant every year that her daughter is not very interested in. The divide between mother and daughter seems to get wider when plus sized Willowdean decides to enter the beauty pageant as a tribute to her departed aunt.
Most will expect this novel to have something profound to say about obesity. But instead the book gives a look at the insecurities people hide and deal with daily. There are no answers given in this book and nobody was transformed into a princess in the end. Mostly everyone carried on the same as ever even the bullies. Secondary characters are also used to highlight the insecurities persons struggle with and to encourage the main character on her journey toward self-acceptance.