The F Word

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"We're all pushing some version of the life we want you to believe. It's all just PR." Olivia Morten is perfect. Maybe her high-flying publicist job has taken over her life, but her clients are L.A.'s hottest celebrities. Maybe her husband is never around, but he is a drop-dead-gorgeous, successful doctor. Maybe her friends are dumb, but they know how to look glamorous at a cocktail party. And maybe her past harbors an incredibly embarrassing secret, but no one remembers high school.right When Ben Dunn, Olivia's high school arch nemesis and onetime crush, suddenly resurfaces, Olivia realizes how precarious all of her perfection is. As she finds herself dredging up long-suppressed memories from her past, she is forced to confront the most painful truth of all: maybe she used to be the fat girl, but she used to be happy, too.

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Praise for The F Word:

"Honest, humorous and whip smart, Liza Palmer's The F Word is impossible to put down and so much fun to read."
--USA Today's Happily Ever After

"Funny, fresh, and frank...Snappy and smart...This is an important book to discuss today."
--The Oklahoman

Refinery29's 10 Best Reads of April

"A funny and fantastic lesson on how perfection doesn't translate to happiness...Palmer's authentic humor carries the message with a hint of parody. This is a smart and sardonic novel with a genuine voice."
--Publishers Weekly

"Funny, painfully honest, and hard to put down."
--Kirkus

"Between the characters, the plot, and the tension, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Spoiler alert: the F is for fantastic!"
--Stephanie Evanovich, New York Times bestselling author of Big Girl Panties

"Fresh, frank, and fearless. Liza Palmer is a road warrior of contemporary fiction."
--Georgia Clark, author of The Regulars

"The F Word is Liza Palmer at the top of her game. This book is effortlessly funny with a very big heart--and still manages to find time to be a meaningful take on women's relationships with their own bodies...Pitch-perfect."
--Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves

Praise for Liza Palmer's Previous Novels:

"Liza Palmer is definitely one of my new favorite writers!"
--Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries

"If you're a young, professional woman ...step away from your computer or laptop, run to your nearest bookstore and buy the book already."
--USA Today

"Palmer tells a story like a girlfriend over brunch."
--People

"Keen and honest."
--Publisher's Weekly

"Touching, funny, and oh, so human."
--Caren Lissner, bestselling author of Carrie Pilby

"Palmer writes with heart and humor...dispelling the long-abandoned clichs about romance novels and damsels in distress."
--Booklist

"Smart, funny, and heartbreakingly honest. I couldn't put it down."
--Johanna Edwards, bestselling author of The Next Big Thing

"Clever and very romantic."
--Mirror

"Inspired me, and will inspire all female readers, to be and demand and desire more for themselves."
--RT Magazine

"In a word: genuine."
--Herald Sun

"Engaging and poignant and heartbreakingly real."
--Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Good In Bed

Author Bio

Liza Palmer is the internationally bestselling author of Conversations with the Fat Girl and five other novels. An Emmy-nominated writer, she lives in Los Angeles and works for BuzzFeed.