A review by buttercupita
Big Girl by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

5.0

My first 5 star book of 2023 (may there be many more!). This book was a window into the life of a girl in Harlem who is coming to terms with so many things: her obesity, her sexuality, the growing estrangement between her parents, her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. The writing is beautiful -- sometime poetic and never pretentious. I mostly read this book on the page, but because I was going on a trip, I also downloaded the audio and really enjoyed hearing the language read. Highly recommend!!