The Bigger Book of Lydia

Published
Jan 1983
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
215

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Self-conscious about her smallness, Lydia develops an obsession with size. She begins keeping a journalher Bigger Book, collecting information about getting bigger and stronger. As Lydia enters high school, she loses the journal, but not her anxiety about size and survival. Then Michelle comes into her life, fresh from an eating disorder clinic, still very ill with anorexia. Lydia and Michelle become true friends and share secrets and fears. When Lydias old Bigger Book resurfaces, both girls find healing inspiration between its yellowed pages.

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Oct 1988 HarperTrophy ISBN 0064470490
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First Edition Jan 1983 HarperCollins ISBN 0060264861
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Mar 2001 iUniverse ISBN 059517700X
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