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The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington
Author: Brian Francis

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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780060792442 - ISBN-10: 0060792442
Publication Date: 8/1/2005
Pages: 304

Book Description:
Peter Paddington is your typical thirteen-year-old paperboy with a few exceptions. He's 204 pounds, at the mercy of an overactive imagination, and his only friend is a trash-talking beauty queen reject from across the street. As if that wasn't bad enough, Peter's nipples pop out one day and begin speaking to him, threatening to expose his private fantasies to an unkind world.

Peter knows that if he could just lose weight, develop a brand-new personality, and get rid of those pesky talking nipples, he'd be able to find the acceptance he desperately craves. But it isn't easy to change who you really are, and Peter, ready or not, is finally forced to confront his secret self. Hilarious and exquisitely touching, this is the funniest and most memorable novel you'll read all year.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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Sandy W. (Leanan) wrote on 9/7/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Wow, what a rare gem of a book! Coming of age tale of Peter Paddington... an overweight teenage boy wrestling with his sexuality. Done with poignant humour and sometimes sad insight, this story follows right through to the end paragraph delivering a beautiful message of accepetance of oneself and the startling rawness of youth.

Wonderful interview with the author as a bonus.

Highly reccommended.. though subject matter may offend some.


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Eileen W. (read4knowlegepleasur) wrote on 3/18/2007...


FUN READING

(ALbookbugg) wrote on 3/1/2006...


Hilarious and moving.


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