The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

Virginia Shreves feels out of place in a family she considers beautiful, accomplished, and impossible to match. Her mother is devoted to exercise, her father openly admires thin women, and her siblings appear to meet every expectation. Virginia directs admiration toward everyone except herself. When a phone call changes how she sees her family, she begins questioning their standards and reconsidering the assumptions that have shaped her self-worth.