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In this heartfelt, incisive novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family.

BIG GIRL


A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats, as well as endure her father’s belittling comments about her body and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods give her comfort, but only briefly. The one thing she knows is that she has to get away from home, and after college in Chicago, she moves to New York City.

Landing her dream job as a high school teacher, Victoria loves working with her students and wages war on her weight at the gym. Despite tension with her parents, Victoria remains close to her younger sister, Grace. Though they couldn’t be more different in looks, they love each other unconditionally. So when Grace announces her engagement to a man who is an exact replica of their narcissistic father, Victoria worries about her sister’s future happiness, and with no man of her own, she feels like a failure once again. As the wedding draws near, a chance encounter, a deeply upsetting betrayal, and a family confrontation lead to a turning point.

Behind Victoria is a lifetime of hurt and neglect she has tried to forget. Ahead is a challenge and a risk: to accept herself as she is, celebrate it, and claim the victories she has fought so hard for and deserves. Big girl or not, she is terrific and discovers that herself.


통통하고 아담하며 보통의 외모를 가진 Victoria Dawson은 다른 가족들과 동질감을 느끼지 못한다. 특히나 외모를 중시하는 LA에서는 말이다. 그녀의 부모와 형제들은 가리지 않고 먹는데도 불구하고 살이 전혀 찌지 않는다. 반면에 Victoria는 자신이 먹는 음식 모두에 신경 써야 한다. 그리고 좋은 학업 성적에 대한 칭찬은 멀리한 채 Victoria의 몸매에 대한 아버지의 지적도 참아내야 한다.

아이스크림을 비롯하여 Victoria를 살찌게 하는 잘 못된 음식이 그녀에게 위안을 주기도 하지만 그건 아주 잠깐일 뿐이다. 그런 그녀가 시카고에서 대학 생활을 마치고 집을 떠나서 뉴욕으로 가야 한다.

고등학교 교사로 꿈에 그리던 일을 시작한 Victoria는 자신의 학생들과 함께 공부하는 것을 사랑하며, 체육관에서 몸무게와도 전쟁을 한다. 부모님과 신경전을 하고 있음에도 불구하고, Victoria는 동생 Grace와는 친하게 연락을 하고 있었다. 그들은 서로 다른 외모였지만, 서로를 아껴주고 사랑했다. 그래서 Grace가 모든 면에서 아빠와 같은 캐릭터를 가진 남자를 만나서 결혼 발표를 했을 때도 Victoria는 Grace의 미래의 행복에 대해 진심으로 걱정했다.

Victoria가 지나 온 삶이 그녀가 잊고 싶은 상처받고 무시당한 시간들이었다면 이제 그녀 앞에는 도전과 모험이 남아 있을 뿐이다. 뚱뚱하고 평범한 자신을 있는 그대로 받아들이고, 그녀가 투쟁하여 이루는 모든 일에 승리하고 기뻐하며 축하할 일만 남았다. Big girl이든 아니든 그녀는 멋진 자신의 모습을 발견하게 된다.

In this heartfelt, incisive novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family.

BIG GIRL

A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats, as well as endure her father’s belittling comments about her body and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods give her comfort, but only briefly. The one thing she knows is that she has to get away from home, and after college in Chicago, she moves to New York City.

Landing her dream job as a high school teacher, Victoria loves working with her students and wages war on her weight at the gym. Despite tension with her parents, Victoria remains close to her younger sister, Grace. Though they couldn’t be more different in looks, they love each other unconditionally. So when Grace announces her engagement to a man who is an exact replica of their narcissistic father, Victoria worries about her sister’s future happiness, and with no man of her own, she feels like a failure once again. As the wedding draws near, a chance encounter, a deeply upsetting betrayal, and a family confrontation lead to a turning point.

Behind Victoria is a lifetime of hurt and neglect she has tried to forget. Ahead is a challenge and a risk: to accept herself as she is, celebrate it, and claim the victories she has fought so hard for and deserves. Big girl or not, she is terrific and discovers that herself.