Dumplin’ By Julie Murphy

Feb 12, 2024

Download free pdf of Dumplin’ By Julie Murphy. This is a heartwarming YA novel about Willowdean “Will” Dixon, a plus-size Texas teenager who embraces her body and self-confidence. Despite her mother’s beauty pageant past and societal judgments, Will navigates relationships with her former beauty queen mom, her best friend Ellen, and her romantic interest, Bo Larson. The novel delves into themes of body image, grief, and the complex mother-daughter bond. It’s also a delightful homage to the legendary Dolly Parton, whom Will and Ellen admire. Published in 2015 and later adapted into a motion picture, “Dumplin’” celebrates self-acceptance and resilience.