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My Eyes Are Up Here

di Laura Zimmermann

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Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.
If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. Sheâ??d be able to focus on excelling at math or negotiating peace talks between her best friend and . . . everyone else. She wouldnâ??t spend any time worrying about being the only Kennedy High student whose breasts are bigger than her head.
But you canâ??t play volleyball inside your head. Or go to the pool. Or have confusingly date-like encounters with the charming new boy. You need an actual body for all of those things. And Greer is entirely uncomfortable in hers.
Hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, My Eyes Are Up Here is a story of awkwardness and ferocity, of imaginary butterflies and rock-solid friends. Itâ??s the story of a girl finding her way out of her oversized sweatshirt and back into the
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I have conflicting thoughts on this one. First off, Maggie is insufferable. It was driving me batty throughout the whole story. Until the end, every time she was on page, it was because she was in Super Activist Mode, lecturing on tiny, trivial things and throwing a hissy fit.
Next up, I find it incredibly unrealistic that Greer is a 30H and can't fit into any clothes. She would have to size up for tight tops but the average top should still be fine (unless she doesn't have a bra that fits, then that's a whole different can of worms).
Also, the book places so much emphasis on people noticing only that specific feature. That really irritated me because I have a hard time believing that to be true since 30H isn't as large as the book suggests.
This may be controversial, but I am not a big fan of minors looking into breast-reducing surgery. Greer is 15. She is still so young and to put it into perspective, can't even drive or vote yet.
For any other girls that have issues finding bras, I'd highly recommend Googling "A Bra That Fits Calculator" and starting there. Personally, I found it very helpful.

Content: scattered f-bombs (although not much other language), obviously lots of discussions about body shapes ( )
  libraryofemma | Apr 18, 2024 |
An engaging and positive story about a teenage girl’s relationship with her own body. Sixteen year old Greer prefers to avoid attracting attention and hides her breasts beneath oversized sweatshirts, but when she decides to try out for volleyball, she can’t keep hiding.

Greer's narration is funny and perceptive. Even though I’ve not been in her exact situation, I found her awkwardness, her self-consciousness, and her struggles to find clothing that’s flattering / comfortable / supportive, relatable. ( )
  Herenya | Jan 13, 2023 |
I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t your typical rom com between a boy and a girl, it was a rom com about a relationship between a girl and her large boobs. While there was a romantic interest, the story didn’t focus on it. I really enjoyed Greer’s two friends, Maggie and Jessa, who taught her it was ok to be her, that not everyone is perfect and that not everyone is focusing on her endowed chest. I laughed out loud in so many places. I also enjoyed the sub-story with Quninlan and her anger and how Greer helps her through it. She was a little girl crying out for help and Greer was the one who could actually see her pain. This is definitely one any HS girl who may have issues with parts of their body should read! Great debut!! ( )
  Z_Brarian | Dec 12, 2022 |
Oh I just loved this! I can't believe Zimmermann is a debut author! Everything about it is so effortless: the voice (very authentic), the dialogue, the supporting characters, Greer, the main character, the thought processes of a teenage girl self-conscious about her body, the humor. As I read, I wondered, what teenager isn't self-conscious or was it just me?

A few quibbles I had. Ok, I get it; your breasts are really big. They're embarrassing. How much do we have to be hit on the head with this fact? Just shy of the middle of the book I was growing tired of the self-hating, inner monologue. Her mother's cluelessness about Greer's body dysmorphia seemed odd in this day and age of parents overparenting. Maybe her mother didn't want to make her more self-conscious? Still, at least get her better-fitting bras.

More that I loved. I loved best-friend Maggie and her militancy, I loved the names Greer had for her breasts, Mavis and Maude - perfect! I loved the inner butterfly monologues. I loved Jessa's influence on Greer in body positivity. It was really a multi-dimensional novel tackling sexism, bullying, loneliness, binary choices girls are still forced to make, and more without seeming overloaded or preachy.

I received an ebook advanced reader copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  Dairyqueen84 | Mar 15, 2022 |
I really really liked it!!

This was one of those books that make you think......Do people out there seriously face problems because their breasts are big? On my own, I would have never imagined it; I mean almost every girl faces problems with breasts in jumping, running, sweating, trying on clothes, etc., but I never knew that these could be very serious problems, causing other health problems.

So, this book was a bit of an eye-opener in that way. Also, like I commented on one of my updates, I did not know that girls in America too have to face problems with availability of bras in different sizes. I, personally, haven't faced a lot of problems in this department, but it is mostly relatable.

The thing I did not like a lot, was the romance; I mean, don't get me wrong, it was good but I thought it could have been written a bit better? Because nearing the end of the book, I wasn't really sure whether I wanted these two to end up together.

I really liked that her support in this book was a solid one; I mean no one cared that she might be different, and everyone was really supportive.

I really liked this book, and I recommend it to any girl who has ever faced the slightest problem with her decolletage (I really miss Sophronia), and likes a bit of romance thrown in with a good plot. ( )
  trisha_tomy | Jun 1, 2021 |
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Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.
If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. Sheâ??d be able to focus on excelling at math or negotiating peace talks between her best friend and . . . everyone else. She wouldnâ??t spend any time worrying about being the only Kennedy High student whose breasts are bigger than her head.
But you canâ??t play volleyball inside your head. Or go to the pool. Or have confusingly date-like encounters with the charming new boy. You need an actual body for all of those things. And Greer is entirely uncomfortable in hers.
Hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, My Eyes Are Up Here is a story of awkwardness and ferocity, of imaginary butterflies and rock-solid friends. Itâ??s the story of a girl finding her way out of her oversized sweatshirt and back into the

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