Frances Kuffel

About

Frances Kuffel's Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self was published by Broadway Books in 2004. Her next book, Angry Fat Girls: Five Women, 500 Hundred Pounds and a Year of Losing It...Again was published by Berkley Books in January, 2010 and will be reissued in trade paperback as Eating Ice Cream With My Dog. She has returned to her hometown of Missoula, Montana, after 30 years. Her most recent book, Love Sick, is a memoir about misfit dating in her 50s also a Berkley book, August 2014.

Books by Frances Kuffel

Recent Posts

How to Get Over a Break-Up

Did she dump you yesterday? You can start recovering right now.

The Therapist Who Gets Me

Medication doesn't always help you.

In My Sixth Year of Depression, My Shrink Changes My Meds

I get a chance at living depression-free because of aripiprazole.

My Dog Is in Paradise, I’m in Hell

I’ve had bad depression since I was 10-years-old, but this one was on a whole other level.

Giving Your Best Friend Away

No one understood how much I needed her. She was my boon companion. Or I was hers. She loved me, but she didn’t respect me, except at mealtimes.

No one understood how much I needed her. She was my boon companion. Or I was hers. She loved me, but she didn’t respect me, except at mealtimes.

What Is the Ex-President Thinking?

Comparing MAGA support with the Deathly Hallows.

Comparing MAGA support with the Deathly Hallows.

Headline: New Coronavirus Vaccine Is 90 Percent Effective

"It's just too convenient," my conservative brother said.

"It's just too convenient," my conservative brother said.

Venlafaxine and Lockdown

On paper, it sounds like the perfect drug for me.

On paper, it sounds like the perfect drug for me.

The Worsening Epidemic of Loneliness

A few suggestions for surviving social distancing.

A few suggestions for surviving social distancing.

All Dogs Deserve Love

Rescue dogs are a noble cause. But I have the right to want the dog I want.

Rescue dogs are a noble cause. But I have the right to want the dog I want.