Wake up, I'm Fat!

Portraying the smart, sophisticated, sexually active Ellenor Frutt on The Practice, Camryn Manheim has broken the Hollywood mold and became an inspiration for large men and women everywhere. In real life, she's even gutsier. During a Bloomingdale's shopping trip with her mother, who insisted on suggesting clothes that were obviously too small, teenage Camryn swung open the dressing room door and, almost naked in the busy store, shouted, "Mom, WAKE UP, I'M FAT!" Perfectly capturing Manheim's spunk, Wake Up, I'm Fat! chronicles her journey from a California childhood to acting school in New York and spectacular success in Hollywood. In a style reminiscent of David Sedaris, Manheim offers her no-holds-barred take on love, politics, blind dates, diet Coke, bikinis, and her own weight-loss attempts, which led to bouts of drug addiction. Wake Up, I'm Fat! is also a declaration of self-acceptance. After a lifetime of self-loathing, Manheim has emerged as a politically active survivor who fights for human rights, transforming self-doubt into drive and charisma. Both poignant and hysterically funny, her story confronts head-on the attitudes that shape the many faces of beauty in America.