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    Fat Diary
    Fat Diary
    Fat Diary
    Ebook36 pages31 minutes

    Fat Diary

    By Duane Simolke

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    A West Texas librarian makes fun of herself and the other people in her town, while writing about her reasons for wanting to lose weight.

    Pamela Mae Willard must learn to love herself. Still, she can’t resist laughing about her problems, and about the adventures of the colorful characters in Acorn, Texas.

    This irreverent, politically incorrect tale reveals a woman finding joy in life, no matter what happens to her and no matter who mistreats her.

    This short story also appears in The Acorn Gathering. Some of its characters also appear in The Acorn Stories.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDuane Simolke
    Release dateApr 29, 2012
    ISBN9781476311395
    Fat Diary
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    Duane Simolke

    Duane Simolke wrote the books The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Holding Me Together, and New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio. He co-wrote The Return of Innocence and The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer. DuaneSimolke.Com includes some of his writing, as well as a variety of links.

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