Becoming Barbie

Bethany McLawlin has never felt pretty. Beginning in toddler years, she has been over- weight. No one had to tell her why; she knew it was because she was filling the void in her heart with food.
One day, Bethany's mom left her dad, brother, and herself; saying that she couldn't take anotheer kid in her life, that Bethany was too much of a burden. Bethany, being a rather smart three-year-old, unerstood completely what her mother had said. In response to the pain she now felt, Bethany began to eat... and eat... and eat.
Bethany's dad and brother were worse off than she, her father began drinking and smoking pot while her brother-at 15- took to drug dealing and sex.
It's a safe bet to say that bethany's life took a turn for the worst that day...