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Arabella Weir - The Real Me Is Thin
10 November 2011
5.45pm
£10 / £8 conc / £7 friends
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On Sale Thursday 22nd September The hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit… Lumped into 'the too fat for potatoes group' by her mother, carefree eating isn't something Arabella Weir had much experience of growing up. Written with startling frankness, Arabella unravels her own eating history in this humorous appraisal of our attitudes towards eating disorders and obesity. Not easy for someone who still can't be alone unsupervised in a room with chocolate biscuits. Recounting stories of unhinged mothers and callous doctors, mystery-meat suppers, and egg custard battles with calculating boyfriends' mothers, this candid memoir vividly recreates a childhood and adolescence marred by the social embarrassment of being marked as different simply due to your weight. Arabella Weir is the author of the best-selling Does My Bum Look Big In This? She is best known for her role in BBC2's The Fast Show and is a frequent commentator in the Guardian and on Radio 4 comedy series Smelling of Roses. She most recently appeared in E4’s teen drama Skins and in the West End show Calendar Girls.