Skin Deep

Skin Deep

Finn has felt unhappy with her looks since she was a childâ€¦

Her brothersâ€™ hand-me-down clothes and cheap, ugly possessions set her apart from all of the other little girls she knew.

Instead of frilly pink dresses and sparkling white socks, she had shorts and jackets made out of old curtains.

As an adult, Finn has hidden her disgraceful and embarrassing body behind a succession of overly large clothing, promising sheâ€™ll lose ten more pounds and finally fit into that size 14â€¦but constantly sneaking choccies into her pockets to gorge on in private.

If only she were beautiful and sexy, she thinks, she would finally find the happiness she so desperately craves â€” a happiness, or lack thereof, that she believes is linked directly to her disappointing chest size.

Blaming her dysfunctional childhood, failed relationships, and poor job prospects for her lacklustre image and inability to get ahead in life, Finn decides that the only way to turn things around and make her life one worth living is to go under the knifeâ€¦and finally get the 36C body sheâ€™s always dreamed of.

Despite the reassuring words of her friends and co-workers that there is nothing wrong with who she already is, Finn is determined to have the surgery.

In doing so, she is succumbing to a societal preoccupation with beauty and looks that has convinced her that as long as she remains the way she is, sheâ€™ll never be able to live her life to the fullest.

Post-operative Finnâ€™s life changes dramatically â€” but is it all she imagined it would be?

Praise for Catherine Barry

â€˜Rich with Irish humour and universal truths, Skin Deep cuts through the worldâ€™s outer shell to reveal real, flawed people you care aboutâ€™ â€”Cathy Kelly

Catherine Barry was born in 1963 and grew up in a home in which the love of books was encouraged. She began keeping a diary when she was six. Her first novel, The House That Jack Built, was published in 2001, followed by Null & Void in 2002, with her first nonfiction title, Charlie & Me, published in 2011. She lives in Dublin.
Country USA
Manufacturer Lume Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-07-18
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Lume Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-07-18
Format	Kindle eBook

Praise for Catherine Barry

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