Since everyone's suggesting good novels with plump protagonists, I just finished a good book today. It's a horror-ish novel (maybe more like supernatural suspense because there's not much of a commentary on human nature) called Black Creek Crossing. Advanced warning that it does end badly for the main character, but that has nothing to do with her weight and everything with the supernatural aspects
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You're welcome! Although there was bullying/making the female lead an outcast (thought I'd mention it while I'm thinking of it) most of the "fat hate" was the main character hating herself. The bullying was more because she was intelligent and more introverted than anything and people didn't feel she lived up to her name (Angel, which interestingly enough plays a role in the novel). I definitely don't want to spoil the good stuff.
Ugh. I thought Black Creek Crossing was one of the worst books I ever read. Frankly, I never even noticed the protagonist's weight, I was too busy being annoyed that Saul was ripping off Carrie, badly.
Having never read Carrie (although I considered it a long time ago because it sounded interesting, I've heard enough about King's writing style being overly descriptive/not to the point to say I'm not sure I'd consider it again ) I couldn't speak for ripping off. I still like Black Creek Crossing, so to each their own I guess.
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I hope to find a novel one day where the protagonist is all, "yeah, I'm fat, moving on..."
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