The Thick and the Lean worthy of secret admiration

worthy of secret admiration

and ideals of femininity

Punctuated by scenes from Nick’s adolescent years

and transformative book

but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island

The Thick and the Lean worthy of secret admirationNew remaindered copy, paperback In Lambda Award finalist Chana Porters decadent and richly imagined (Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine) novel, an aspiring chef, a cyberthief, and a kitchen maid each break free of a society that wants to constrain them. In the quaint religious town of Seagate, abstaining from food brings one closer to God. But Beatirc Bolano is hungry. She craves the forbidden: butter, flamb, marzipan. As