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Stephanie Klein

Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp

(William Morrow, 310 pp., $24.95)

The book

What it's about: Klein's experiences as a chubby adolescent and her parents' attempt to help her lose weight by sending her to a camp for fat kids.

Why it's hot: It combines the classic misery-at-summer-camp story with the lengths we'll go to get thin.

Memorable line: "I spread powder on the bumpy red patches that crept along my inner thighs. Mother called it chub rub. The boys at school called me Moose."

On sale: Tuesday

The author

Quick bio: Klein's first memoir, Straight Up and Dirty (2006), was about her return to single life after her first marriage went sour. Klein, 32, and second husband, Philip, live in Austin, with 15-month-old twins Lucas and Abigail.

Fun fact: Since 2004, she has been writing about ...