The cast is varied and memorable. Teacher, sous chef, doctor, letch. Mystic, ingénue, vixen, head case. Leaders and laggards. Heroes and villains. Innocents. All allied as members of RADFAm, a size acceptance organization with a chapter centered in their sprawling Midwest metropolis, these folks cope with juggling family, career, and romance, while trying to conduct successful lives despite societal stigma and diet harangues. The frothy twists will delight readers, and each character will become a familiar friend or "frenemy."
And so, to all fans of Ugly Betty, Tales of the City, Soapdish and everything sudsy, it's the full-bodied Measure by Measure.
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| Interviews:
Pearlsong
Conversations: On June 10, 2009, we were both interviewed by publisher
Peggy Elam about Measure by Measure. On July 8th and August 12th,
we partook in a roundtable discussion with other Pearlsong authors about
creating fat-friendly fiction. All three of these discussions are
available as MP3s on Pearlsong's site.
BlogTalk
Radio We were interviewed on June 24, 2009, by Blogcritics publisher
Eric Olsen as part of BC's weekly webcast interview series. (First half of
the hour-long interview is with a roots rock band; we show up for the
second half-hour.)
Eastern
Arizona Courier: Our area paper did a piece (complete with goofy
photo) on these two local writers.
The
Times (formerly: The Ottawa Times): Becky did an extensive email
interview on growing up fat in Northern Illinois, size acceptance, and (or
course) the book with her hometown area paper.
WGLT Datebook: A
brief radio interview between Becky and arts reporter, Laura Kennedy, done
for an NPR station from our old Central Illinois stomping grounds.
Pearlsong
Press: Dimensions Online: Healthy Weight
Network: National Association to
Advance Fat Acceptance: In anticipation of NAAFA's fortieth convention, Becky recently mailed a missive to First Lady Michelle Obama. Here's a copy of that letter. |
Reviews:
From Robin Kavanagh's review in Blogcritics:
"Measure by Measure is a lengthy, but engaging story that lives
up to its promise of being a soap opera in prose. But instead of depicting
the sordid lives and dramas of the 'pretty people,' it centers on a group
that promotes size acceptance and the love lives of a handful of plus-size
men and women, as well as the 'normal-sized' people who love them. . .
"I do have to say, though, that reading Measure by Measure
introduced me to a whole subculture that I hadn’t even been aware of and
gave me a new appreciation for size acceptance. BBW’s (big beautiful
women) and FA’s (fat admirers) really do exist and have their own groups,
Web sites, and publications. You can be overweight and beautiful to
yourself and others - two things I used to think were mutually exclusive.
. .
"The new shows, More to Love and Drop Dead Diva are also
helping with my view of beauty in larger women. Seeing how other women who
are around my age or even younger are being shown as beautiful and
desirable, and also having their stories of hardship also shared, make me
feel like I have more realistic images to base my own subconscious images
off of.
"I think that’s why I liked Measure by Measure so much. It’s
real in its honesty about relationships and being fat, and gives those of
us who have been there a nod in mainstream media."
Other Pearlsong
Authors:
Judy Bagshaw:
Author of At Long Last Love and other romances featuring BBW
heroines.
Pat
Ballard: Queen of the Rubenesque Romance. If you came here, looking
for BBRomance, chances are you're already familiar with her work. But
you're not, just click on the link!
Ellen Frankel: Ellen
may have taken the title to our sequel with her non-fiction memoir
Beyond Measure, but her personal story of "short stature and inner
growth" takes a much needed look at yet another form of size-ism.
Charlie Lovett: Author of the
dark fantasy diet satire, The Program.
Lynne Murray: We
had one of our characters reading one of Murray's entertaining Josephine
Fuller mysteries in the book. Her full-figured sleuth is a wonderful
creation. We're looking forward to her upcoming romance novel, Bride of
the Living Dead. Love that title!
Mary Saracino: Author of the
magical realist historical The Singing of Swans, "A Novel About the
Divine Feminine."
Linda Wisniewski: Author of the
non-fiction memoir, Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with
Scoliosis, Her Mother, & Her Polish Heritage.
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