A NEW beginning
When I was about eight years old, a friend pulled me aside to tell me all about a birthday party she was having. She was inviting the whole class, everyone except me.
“I can’t invite you to my pool party,” she told me, “because you’re too fat.”
I realise how crazy that sounds right now, but back then part of me thought it made sense. I hadn’t realised I was that chubby (for the record I was chubby, not
