Ebook {Epub PDF} The Flawless Skin of Ugly People by Doug Crandell

 · The Flawless Skin of Ugly People: A Novel by Doug Crandell Virgin Books, pp. CLR [rating:3] Looking Beneath the Surface. Doug Crandell’s debut novel is a timely broadside at the modern obsession with plastic appearance, the terrifyingly homogenous world of . The Flawless Skin of Ugly People by Doug Crandell, ISBN , Compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. Find the lowest price.  · The Flawless Skin of Ugly People is a most unusual tale of love and family. Hobbie has lived with grotesque facial acne since he was a teen. His common-law wife, Kari, is grossly overweight and has shut herself in a fat farm, decreeing that he is to /5.

Doug Crandell is the author of the Barnes Noble Discover pick, The Flawless Skin of Ugly People, as well as three other novels, and two memoirs. He beat out former President Jimmy Carter for Georgia Author of the Year with his memoir, The All-American Industrial Motel. One of Carndell's novels is in pre-production with Big Talk Pictures and Film Four. The Flawless Skin of Ugly People follows Crandell's two wonderful memoirs of his youth in Indiana, and one wonders if this isn't just the culmination of a Heartland trilogy. For me, a kid who grew up fat with acne, the writing and dialogue is authentic, hopeful, and never contrived. Crandell's book, the Flawless Skin of Ugly people reflects the wounds of human judgment and the stunning restoration of love. Hobbie is not unlike a family member we all know who makes up the background of our lives: quiet, hidden, and uncomfortably there at holidays. Not forgotten, just never remembered.

The Flawless Skin of Ugly People, a novel by Doug Crandell (Virgin): In this debut novel, Doug Crandell reverses the age-old question of inner versus outer beauty to deal with its counterpart: inner versus outer ugliness. The novel compellingly reveals that physical ugliness (however this is defined)—because of the reactions of others—may isolate and alienate the "ugly" person, leading to serious psychological problems. The Flawless Skin of Ugly People. by. Doug Crandell. · Rating details · ratings · reviews. Thanks to Ugly Betty, America is finally ready to read a love story about a couple who isn’t sleek, slick, tucked, pulled, or plastic. The Flawless Skin of Ugly People is a most unusual tale of love and family. Hobbie has lived with grotesque facial acne since he was a teen. His common-law wife, Kari, is grossly overweight and has shut herself in a fat farm, decreeing that he is to have no contact with her beyond the daily letters she sends him.