No Big Deal: A Fierce and Body-positive YA Romance

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It's not my body that's holding me back. It's more of a problem that people keep telling me it should. Meet Emily Daly, a stylish, cute, intelligent and hilarious seventeen-year-old about to start her last year at school. Emily is also fat. She likes herself and her body. When she meets Joe at a house party, he instantly becomes The Crush of Her Life. Everything changes. At first he seems perfect. But as they spend more time together, doubts start to creep in. With her mum trying new fad diets every week, and increasing pressure to change, Emily faces a constant battle to stay strong, be her true self and not change for anyone. No Big Deal is a warm, funny inspiring debut YA novel from Bethany Rutter: influencer, editor and a fierce UK voice in the debate around body positivity.

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Bethany Rutter's debut is full of fierce heart and the body positivity you needed as a teen and still do today. No Big Deal is an iconic love song to everyone out there who knows that life isn't one size fits all! -- Julie Murphy, author of Dumplin'
Get ready to fall in love with Emily, the heroine of No Big Deal, by journalist and body politics blogger, Bethany Rutter. Teens will love this funny, relatable and inclusive novel. -- Sarra Manning * Red Magazine *

Author Bio

Bethany Rutter is a journalist and blogger who writes about fat bodies, plus size fashion and body politics including the benefits and limitations of body positivity. She works in marketing at a plus-size fashion brand and is an occasional DJ. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, Telegraph Magazine, Vogue, Dazed, RedOnline, The Debrief and others. She co-hosts the podcast What Page Are You On and is the author of Plus+, a coffee table book offering style inspiration for everyone.