cover image Fat Woman

Fat Woman

Leon Rooke. Ecco Press, $8.5 (179pp) ISBN 978-0-88001-107-5

Obese Ella May Hopkins is a town joke, and even her husband and sons make fun of her weight. Nonetheless, Ella believes her family adores her. Fat Woman follows a day in Ella's life and marks ""Rooke's extraordinary debut,'' PW stated. (October)