Synopsis
Insecure,
shy, and way overweight, Colby hates the limelight as much as her
pageant-pretty mom and sisters love it. It's her life: Dad's a
superstar, running for office on a family values platform. Then
suddenly, he ditches his marriage for a younger woman and gets caught
stealing money from the campaign. Everyone hates Colby for finding out
and blowing the whistle on him. From a mansion, they end up in a poor
relative's trailer, where her mom's contempt swells right along with
Colby's supersized jeans. Then, a cruel video of Colby half-dressed,
made by her cousin Ryan, finds its way onto the internet. Colby plans
her own death. A tragic family accident intervenes, and Colby's role in
it seems to paint her as a hero, but she's only a fraud. Finally,
threatened with exposure, Colby must face facts about her selfish mother
and her own shame. Harrowing and hopeful, proof that the truth that
saves us can come with a fierce and terrible price, Big Fat Disaster is
that rare thing, a story that is authentically new.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
In
addition to writing Young Adult Contemporary Fiction, Beth Fehlbaum is
an experienced English teacher who frequently draws on her experience as
an educator to write her books. She has a B.A. in English, Minor in
Secondary Education, and an M.Ed. in Reading. She is currently a Library
Science student at Sam Houston State University.
Beth
has a following in the young adult literature world and also among
survivors of sexual abuse because of her work with victims’ advocacy
groups. She has been the keynote speaker at the National Crime Victims’
Week Commemoration Ceremony at the Hall of State in Dallas, Texas and a
presenter for Greater Texas Community Partners, where she addressed a
group of social workers and foster children on the subject of “Hope”.
Beth is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, like Ashley in The Patience Trilogy, and the day-to-day manager of an eating disorder much like Colby’s in Big Fat Disaster. These life experiences give her a unique perspective, and she writes her characters’ stories in a way meant to inspire hope.
Beth lives with her family in the woods of East Texas.
You can find Beth online at http:www.bethfehlbaumbooks.
on Facebook, and on https://twitter.com/
You can find Beth online at http:www.bethfehlbaumbooks.
on Facebook, and on https://twitter.com/
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