The book is written in the first person, and rather colloquially to be a convincing teen narrative, but still with formality. Maybe he's taking up too much of your armrest or crowding you into the window, but trust me, nobody's more uncomfortable than that guy, having to squish into that tiny seat and knowing nobody wants to sit next to him.

I cannot imagine that Erin Jade Lange has ever been fat, known a fat person, or even seen a person who actually weighed 423 pounds. Cook and author Tara Wigley had been to cookery school, read hundreds of cookbooks and developed recipes for over a decade. There is a morbid curiosity that permeates our society and, like the arena games in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, we get an inside look at how much we are willing to derive our entertainment off of the suffering of others.Khosrova explores the importance of butter and other dairy products for women (the iconic dairymaids) as a way to have a measure of respect and financial independence. Once the book reaches the present day and the author's attempt to explore the world through the flavors of its butter it definitely loses me.

It includes two novella-length works and short stories that are diverse in every meaningful way possible. Many books for young adults are written with the intention of increasing suicide awareness and how the victim might feel, and although Erin Lange definitely covers how Butter feels, she also looks at how he could affect his family, friends, and how it might be too easy to blame anyone but yourself. I've been dying to read this book ever since I saw it recommended to me on Goodreads a few months ago.

Lively, detailed without being overly technical, and written by a trained chef and dietitian, this would be a great World of Food book. This is an inventive, at times painful and at times funny and sweet story about a bullied boy fighting back. I so badly wanted Butter to live; his reasons and mine for suicidal thoughts are vastly different, but I met a fellow traveler on the same road. Butter sculpting is carried out as far apart as Tibet and Iowa, as the photos show, while hand wooden tools like dash churns and paddles are also pictured along with giant stainless steel industrial production.