Fat Cow, Fat Chance
The science and psychology of size
$36.55
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2021
Summary
Speaking to anyone who has ever stepped on to the scales and worried about their weight, Jenni Murray explores the relationship between psychology, science and size.
At sixty-four, Jenni Murray’s weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes, refused to make connections between her weight and health issues and told herself that she was fat and happy. She was certainly fat. But the happy part was an Oscar-worthy performance. In privat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784163969 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784163961 |
| Author: | Jenni Murray |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 189g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
A powerful, poignant tale of dieting and despair.
A powerful, poignant tale of dieting and despair. * The Times *
I’d put this book into every school as a warning to girls - and boys - not to waste their lives obsessing over food. * Mail on Sunday *
A perceptive look at health and happiness. * Sunday Express *
Jenni has a light touch when writing about hers and others struggles with eating and bodies. She does it too with the science, so that agony and confusion is mixed with humour and hope. A beautiful book. * Susie Orbach *
Laudably frank. * The Big Issue *
A painfully honest account of [Jenni’s] lifelong battle to lose weight and an investigation into the physical and psychological causes of obesity.
* Daily Mail *About The Author
Jenni Murray
Jenni Murray was a journalist and broadcaster who presented BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour from 1987 to 2020. She was the author of several books and wrote a weekly column in the Daily Mail. She lived in north London and the New Forest. Jenni died in March 2026, aged seventy-five.
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