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Fairfield City Champion, Australia
Jan 20 2015
Book blasts body image
By Kirstie Chlopicki
Jan. 21, 2015, midnight
OBESITY, body image and bullying are just some of the issues that will
be covered in a new novel published by Bossley Park resident Tamar
Chnorhokian.
The Armenian-Australian writer grew up in south-west Sydney and her
youth fiction book The Diet Starts on Monday is set in multicultural
Fairfield.
"It's about an obese teenage girl in her last year of school who
decides to lose weight to win the boy of her dreams," she said.
The first-time author said she had struggled herself with weight and
self-esteem issues in high school and wanted to send a positive
message to teens feeling the pressure to lose the kilos.
"I always wanted to write about that struggle," she said.
"As I got older I realised it doesn't end -- it relates to everybody."
Ms Chnorhokian said that with teens exposed to a constant stream of
ideal and unrealistic images from media, it was hard for both males
and females to live up to expectations.
"That's all that they see -- [it's] pushed into their faces every day," she said.
"They're conditioned to think that's what they should look like, but
my book challenges that.
"There are people who will accept you for who you are."
The novel combines a strong message on body image with multicultural
elements, including Armenian, Italian, Lebanese and Assyrian
characters, and references to the Fairfield and Liverpool areas.
"There are no books that show Fairfield in a positive light, but I had
a good experience growing up here."
It's published by Sweatshop.
http://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/story/2827893/book-blasts-body-image/
From: A. Papazian
Jan 20 2015
Book blasts body image
By Kirstie Chlopicki
Jan. 21, 2015, midnight
OBESITY, body image and bullying are just some of the issues that will
be covered in a new novel published by Bossley Park resident Tamar
Chnorhokian.
The Armenian-Australian writer grew up in south-west Sydney and her
youth fiction book The Diet Starts on Monday is set in multicultural
Fairfield.
"It's about an obese teenage girl in her last year of school who
decides to lose weight to win the boy of her dreams," she said.
The first-time author said she had struggled herself with weight and
self-esteem issues in high school and wanted to send a positive
message to teens feeling the pressure to lose the kilos.
"I always wanted to write about that struggle," she said.
"As I got older I realised it doesn't end -- it relates to everybody."
Ms Chnorhokian said that with teens exposed to a constant stream of
ideal and unrealistic images from media, it was hard for both males
and females to live up to expectations.
"That's all that they see -- [it's] pushed into their faces every day," she said.
"They're conditioned to think that's what they should look like, but
my book challenges that.
"There are people who will accept you for who you are."
The novel combines a strong message on body image with multicultural
elements, including Armenian, Italian, Lebanese and Assyrian
characters, and references to the Fairfield and Liverpool areas.
"There are no books that show Fairfield in a positive light, but I had
a good experience growing up here."
It's published by Sweatshop.
http://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/story/2827893/book-blasts-body-image/
From: A. Papazian