Willowdean (aka "Dumplin'") Dickson has always had an excellent body image, despite her beauty queen mother's endeavors to help her lose weight.She's happy and well-adjusted, at least until she gets a job at the local fast-food restaurant and meets Bo, the hot and mysterious cook. She starts to lose her self-confidence and sets out to take it back by entering the legendary local beauty pageant, along with a motley crew of characters.
This young adult novel has endearing, realistic characters and is terribly sweet and funny. Charming, romantic and again, funny as heck.