And now Camryn in her book, Wake Up, I'm Fat, provides her viewing public with a memoir of sorts about her life not only what its like to be fat but to be a fat actress. Camry begins her story when her parents moved the family to to Long Beach, Ca where everybody had skinny figures to her days in high school as a band groupie to her working at Renaiisance Fairs where large women were in style. Then onto college years and her time at NYU studying drama, her days as a signer for the deaf and then her initial roles on Broadway and in the movies.
And all the while Camryn talks about her other life as a woman desperately trying to lose weight, her love life, the underground movement which applauds fat people and finally her acceptance of herself and her advocacy on the part of fat people.
Manheim describes her plight, shared by so many others, so well that you just can't help but cry and cheer for her when she finally accpets herself and begins to enjoy life as a large woman.
The book is also filled with fun industry gossip- her admiration for David Kelly and Kathy Bates and how she even once picked up the Marlboro man.
For anybody who has ever struggled with being too large, this book is a wonderful antidote.