If it makes you happy

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Title:

If it makes you happy

Author:

Kann, Claire author.

ISBN:

9781250192677

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

343 pages ; 22 cm.

Abstract:

"When Winnie is crowned Summer Queen in the small town of Misty Haven, she has to balance her new responsibilities with her friendships, a new romance, and her job at her granny's diner..." -- Publisher's description.

Winnie is all set to attend college in the fall, but first she's spending her summer days working at her granny's diner and spending her midnights with Dallas, the boy she loves to hate and hates that she likes. In a small town like Misty Haven, secrets are impossible to keep. Like when Winnie allegedly snaps on Dr. Skinner, which results in everyone feeling compelled to give her weight loss advice for her own good. To raise money for the diner, Winnie enters a televised cooking competition that Granny doesn't want her to enter. Can Winnie find a way around her formidable grandmother? -- adapted from jacket and Goodreads.com info.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Fiction.

City and town life -- Fiction.

Self-confidence in adolescence -- Fiction.

Self-confidence -- Fiction.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2019

Language:

English

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Summary

Claire Kann's If It Makes You Happy is a coming-of-age novel about a young girl learning to embrace her cultural and sexuality identity.

Winnie is living her best fat girl life and is on her way to the best place on earth. No, not Disneyland--her Granny's diner, Goldeen's, in the small town of Misty Haven. While there, she works in her fabulous 50's inspired uniform, twirling around the diner floor and earning an obscene amount of tips. With her family and ungirlfriend at her side, she has everything she needs for one last perfect summer before starting college in the fall.

...until she becomes Misty Haven's Summer Queen in a highly anticipated matchmaking tradition that she wants absolutely nothing to do with.

Newly crowned, Winnie is forced to take center stage in photoshoots and a never-ending list of community royal engagements. Almost immediately, she discovers that she's deathly afraid of it all: the spotlight, the obligations, and the way her Merry Haven Summer King, wears his heart, humor, and honesty on his sleeve.

Stripped of Goldeen's protective bubble, to salvage her summer Winnie must conquer her fears, defy expectations, and be the best Winnie she knows she can be--regardless of what anyone else thinks of her.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Winnie is a big, fiery Black girl who loves herself, her family, and her granny's diner in the little town of Misty Haven. For her last summer before college, Winnie goes to work at the diner, and everything in her life seems perfect until she unexpectedly becomes Misty Haven's Summer Queen. Then, her secret crush, Dallas, nominates himself to be Summer King, much to the dismay of Winnie's queerplatonic ungirlfriend, Kara. As Winnie wrestles with what she wants out of love and life she must overcome her fears and challenge others to view her with the same body positivity with which she views herself. Kann's (Let's Talk about Love, 2018) beautiful sophomore novel is a model for intersectional inclusion done right, exploring and questioning the social labels we place on ourselves and others. With visibility and love given to the asexual community, this character-driven story of a queer, fat Black girl will help fill an unfortunate hole in our bookshelves.--Jessica Anne Bratt Copyright 2019 Booklist