The Elephant in the Room

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"At nearly fifty years old, Tommy Tomlinson weighted an astonishing-and dangerous-460 pounds. Raised in a family that loved food, he had been aware of the problem for years, seeing doctors and trying diets from the time he was a preteen. But every time he tried to make a change, it didn't go the way he planned-in fact, he wasn't sure that he really wanted to change. In The Elephant in the Room, Tomlinson's remarkably intimate and insightful memoir of his life as a fat man, he brings us along on a candid and sometimes brutal look at the everyday experience of being constantly aware of your size. Affecting and searingly honest, The Elephant in the Room is a powerful memoir that will resonate with anyone who has grappled with addictions, shame, or self-consciousness. It is also a literary triumph that will stay with readers long after the last page" -- Page 4 of cover