
Rabia Chaudry, FATTY FATTY BOOM BOOM: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family
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01/03/23
•24m
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Zibby is joined by New York Times bestselling author, attorney, advocate, and Undisclosed podcast host Rabia Chaudry to discuss her mouthwatering and deeply thoughtful new book Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family. Rabia reveals the inspiration behind this project and shares the intimate stories of her food and weight journey, from chewing on frozen sticks of butter as a baby to eating in secret to finally getting gastric sleeve surgery. She also talks about her divorce, modeling healthy habits for her children, her favorite memoirs (including David Ambroz’s A Place Called Home!), and her best advice for aspiring authors.
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