Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)

by Julie Murphy

All my life I’ve had a body worth commenting on and if living in my skin has taught me anything it’s that if it’s not your body, it’s not yours to comment on. Fat. Skinny. Short. Tall. It doesn’t matter.

This in-box full of unopened messages is the truest reminder that we are temporary fixtures in a permanent world.

Maybe you only ever notice the distance when it’s you who’s being left behind.

good friendships are durable. They’re meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.”

it’s this reminder that no matter who you are, there will always be someone prettier or smarter or thinner. Perfection is nothing more than a phantom shadow we’re all chasing.

“It’s that feeling of people leaving. It’s scary.”

There’s something about swimsuits that make you think you’ve got to earn the right to wear them. And that’s wrong. Really, the criteria is simple. Do you have a body? Put a swimsuit on it.

Yasss you go girl!!!