| Wake Up I'm Fat |  | Author: Camryn Manheim
Publisher: Broadway Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 4817455
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd printing
ASIN: B001MEEREI
Publication Date: 1999
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Very funny January 15, 2010
Kona (Emerald City)
Camryn Manheim ("The Practice," "Ghost Whisperer," etc.) tells her life story in a humorous memoir about her long battle of the bulge. Stories of her teenage drug use, grad school tribulations, dating woes, and eventual successes in TV are told with wit and sassy charm.
I've never seen Manheim in movies or TV, but that didn't diminish my enjoyment of her book. She's an excellent writer. In the nineties, she wrote and starred in a one-woman show called, "Wake up, I'm Fat!," and much of the show's material is in the book so it reads like a good stand-up comedy routine. She balances humor with the sadness and frustration of being overweight and a plea for fat acceptance. This is an entertaining and eye-opening book.
funny and inspiring May 11, 2009
traveller (Chicago, IL United States)
Camryn gives a very entertaining glimpse into her tribulations and growth at the hands of the entertainment business. I especially enjoyed the chapter telling how Tony Kushner cast her as the ingénue. I'm so glad actorjourneys.com recommended this book; you're sure to cheer for the underdog triumph.
Great book, but she seems to have altered her opinion about fat and health April 26, 2008
foible40 (Portland OR)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love Camryn Mannheim and her book. I'd give this a 4.5 if I could, because since she wrote the book, she's lost quite a bit of weight and puts the reasoning for it on being a mother.
I hated it when Carnie Wilson went from being a NAAFA member and spokesperson for loving yourself at any size to being obsessed with being thin. She's admitted to lying about why she had WLS and has made a snootful of money pimping it to others. She has been a major factor in the deaths of hundreds of (mostly) women who didn't make it after the surgery and her recommendation of it.
And I am very saddened by Mannheim's abandonment of her principals of fat-acceptance and the people who have supported her and her book.
Isn't there anyone out there who will stay committed to the cause and not cave in when someone runs some cash under their noses or threatens their career if they don't lose weight?
Ack. Love the book. Disappointed in Mannheim today.
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Amanda Moon (Clarksville, Mo. USA)
This was both an intertaining a introspective read. Camryn Manheim is funny, smart, human, and beautiful. This book made me look at the excuses I make for my failures and the things I allow to stand in the way of my success. I was able to relate to Camryn much more than I could relate to Oprah when I read her book. It is a book for all women, all mothers, and a book I would want my boyfriend to read. Thank you Camryn, I wish we could meet some day.
great on many levels, thanks, Camryn December 8, 2007
Carlton F. Schwan (Port Clinton, OH USA)
I just happened into a copy of the book when I had a little time to kill, then I could hardly put it down. I enjoyed the book and the many reviews that have been written here. I normally write reviews on obscure books where there are only a few, if any, reviews so this is different for me and I doubt if i have too much to add. Beyond the self acceptance theme that has been much reviewed (I have fat issues and support Camryn's views (mostly)), I liked the book on many other levels. Of course I liked the humor and human interest of growing up in America. The struggle for success story is good too. I especially liked the unconventional approach to the book itself. Frnakly, I did not much the Cammy--fat dialogs, but I liked many of the other, unusual things like asides and notes to herself and others throughout. There were other quirky approaches that I really liked too. I really like the book and recommend it highly.
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