“I’m going to plant a garden this summer. With the exception of two pink cherry trees, and one pink tulip tree, all huge, I have a barren, dry backyard and I’m tired of looking at it. I almost see it as a metaphor for my whole life, and I think if I can fix this, I can fix my life. Simplistic, silly, I know, but I can’t get past it.

So, I’m going to garden even if my hands shake as if there are live circuits inside of them and a floppy yellow hat dances ominously through my mind.

I see this as my last chance to get control of my mind before it blows.

Two and a half years ago, when I was thirty-two, I had a heart attack. I used to be the size of a small, depressed cow. The heart attack led to my stomach strangling operation, and I lost 170 pounds. Now I am less than half myself, in more ways than one.

My name is Stevie Barrett. This is a story of why I was the way I was and how I am now me.”

Stevie Barrett doesn’t wheeze when she walks anymore, but she’s scared to death of her handsome neighbor. People no longer treat her differently because of her weight, but she struggles with her self-esteem especially when she has to dress up like a chicken on a street corner to earn extra money.

Hidden in her shed are the artistic, fantastical wooden chairs that she carves out of wood for therapy. Hidden in her heart are all the secrets and dreams she longs to share.

Such a Pretty Face is an honest, funny, engaging story that will make you laugh, and cry, sometimes at the same time.

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