{"product_id":"9781938769405","title":"Limited by Body Habitus: An American Fat Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize, Jennifer Renee Blevins’s debut memoir, \u003ci\u003eLimited by Body Habitus: An American Fat Story\u003c\/i\u003e, sheds light on her experiences living with the emotional and psychological struggles of taking up space in a fat-phobic world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together experiences of personal and national trauma, Blevins adeptly weaves the tale of her father’s gastric bypass surgery and subsequent prolonged health crisis with the environmental catastrophe of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Blevins looks to each of these events as a “leak” of American society’s pitfalls and shortcomings. These intertwined narratives, both disasters that could have been avoided, reveal points of failure in our systems of healthcare and environmental conservation.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Autumn House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375272120561,"sku":"9781938769405","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781938769405_p0.jpg?v=1765999969","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938769405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}