Book Genre: New Adult/Women’s
Fiction/LGBT Fiction
Publisher: Amazon
Release Date: March 30. 2015
Buy Link(s):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U6XPO9S
Book Description:
Fatty. Freak. Friendless. Failure.
Sadie Abramowitz is used to being alone. The morbidly obese college
freshman literally doesn’t fit in anywhere and was constantly the
butt of jokes in high school.
So far, life at Cunningham University
isn’t much better. Her roommate only communicates in grunts while
Sadie’s “dream job” at the school paper has her interviewing
her fellow students with questions that practically invite them to
insult her.
Things change when she’s assigned a
story on Griffin Greenberg, the freshman track star who was one of
Sadie’s high school bullies. At first, she’s reluctant to work
with the gorgeous Griffin, but soon discovers that he’s not such a
bad guy. Plus, he’s been keeping a secret: he’s gay.
As their friendship grows, Griffin
challenges Sadie to do something she never thought possible: train
for a marathon. Meanwhile, she supports him as he slowly comes to
terms with his sexuality. Together, they help each other survive
their first year of college – and also learn how to stand strong on
their own.
*This book is a New Adult novel with
some mature language and situations. It is recommended for readers 14
and up.
Excerpt One (300-500 or so Words):
“If you could be any type of animal, what would you be?”
I put on my widest smile and tried to sound enthusiastic. I was in
Reporter Mode, a side of my personality which was somewhere between a
morning talk show host and news anchor. My pair of subjects stared at
me, eyes narrowing. Both girls had faces plastered with makeup and
long, flat-ironed hair. Both were tan and slender, and wore matching
skinny jeans with pink T-shirts. I figured if anyone would want to
have their pictures and quotes featured in our college's
award-winning
newspaper, it would be cute girls who actually bothered to dress up.
Girls, who unlike me, didn’t wear baggy, gray sweats and a stained,
white T-shirt.
In my month of acting as Freshman Roving Reporter for The Falcon's
bi-weekly polls (Memorable queries included, "Other than
eating them, what's your favorite alternate use for mashed potatoes?"
and, "Do you think underwear would be improved if it had GPS?")
I'd perfected the art of choosing prospective interviewees. I could
now tell before even asking a student whether he or she would be
willing to give me a response. The loner who sat by a tree listening
to his iPod? No. The theater major who liked to dance around the
Student Union as her friends looked on? Yep. With these girls, all
signs pointed to yes.
My job was to get 10 quotes and photos by four o' clock that day and
I was only up to six. It was already 3 p.m. and I was getting
desperate.
“What's the point of this?" asked the blonde, a smirk playing
about her perfectly-lined pink lips. I continued to smile and pushed
my dark brown curls out of my eyes as she considered the Deeper
Meaning behind my query. Though it was late September, it was
unseasonably warm for upstate New York and we happened to be in one
of the least shady parts of campus. I'd only been standing for about
a minute, but sweat was already beading across my forehead and
pooling beneath my arms, making my shirt stick to my body. I envied
the way these girls could keep their hair so tame.
"It's just a fun question for The Falcon's Roving Reporter
column," I said. I shifted my weight from one foot to another to
ease the pressure on my back. "What's really nice is you get
your name in the paper along with your picture and quote. It’ll be
in print and online. Everyone on campus will see it."
"Okay," she said, with a shrug. "I’ve seen that
column. I guess it could be fun." She stuck out a hip as she
assumed a sexy photo pose and I snapped her picture with my phone.
"Amber Sanchez, I'm 19 and a sophomore," she announced as I
recorded her response. "And I'd be a cat. They're beautiful,
mysterious and always land on their feet." She finished with a
little clap, clearly proud of herself.
"Great answer!" I said. “My mom is a fellow cat lover.”
Buoyed by this small victory in my quest to complete my column, I
turned to her friend. "Do you want to give a quote?"
The brunette glared at me and for a second I wondered if I'd
misjudged her willingness to be put on display. But after a nudge
from Amber, she said "Fine, I'll do it," and let out a
deep, tortured sigh. She shook her head as her green eyes roamed up
my body, taking in my worn beige sneakers and rumpled ensemble. I
waited, my phone poised to record her.
"I'm Chloe Williams, also 19 and a sophomore. And if I could be
any animal," she said, pausing to look me right in the face.
"I'd be anything but a fat whale!"
Boom! The words hit me like a punch and I had to remind myself that
we were no longer in high school. I was flooded with bad memories as
a montage of past insults echoed in my head; "Fat whale"
was just one of many in a long list that included nicknames like
"Shamu," "Fatzilla" and even "Igpay Verde"
(That's Green Pig in combined Pig Latin and real Latin).
Amber gave me an apologetic look, but high-fived Chloe as they strode
away from me, snickering the whole time. I just stood in place like a
statue. A huge statue, mind you. When you're 18 years old and
morbidly obese, you get used to hearing insults—or as used to them
as one can get, anyway. For me, being called a fat whale was just
business as usual.
Author Name: Naomi
Rabinowitz
Author Bio: Naomi Rabinowitz is a
writer, musician, jewelry designer and author of the YA novel REVENGE
OF A BAND GEEK GONE BAD. She lives in New York City with her husband,
Jonathan. Like her F#@! BOMB narrator, Sadie, Naomi is currently
training for a long-distance walking event – and will be
participating in Avon’s 39.3 mile Walk To End Breast Cancer this
October.
Author Links -
Website/Blog:
http://naomirabinowitzauthor.blogspot.com
Twitter: @NaomiRDesigns
Amazon: F#@! BOMB:
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Amazon: BAND GEEK:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NNXUJI
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