Willowdean Dickson (Dumplin', to her beauty pageant loving mom) is fat. It’s not a problem or anything. It’s just who she is. At least, she doesn’t think it’s a problem, until the Miss Teen Bluebonnet Pageant, a crush on her coworker Bo, and the loss of her beloved aunt all converge and shake Willowdean’s confidence. With some new friends and old, a little courage and a Dolly Parton song in her heart, Willowdean might be able to show the world that she deserves the crown just as much as anyone else.
Enjoy our presentation of Dumplin’, written by Julie Murphy and published by HarperCollins. Willowdean Dickson (Dumplin', to her beauty pageant loving mom) is fat. It’s not a problem or anything. It’s just who she is. At least, she doesn’t think it’s a problem, until the Miss Teen Bluebonnet Pageant, a crush on her coworker Bo, and the loss of her beloved aunt all converge and shake Willowdean’s confidence. With some new friends and old, a little courage and a Dolly Parton song in her heart, Willowdean might be able to show the world that she deserves the crown just as much as anyone else.
Dumplin' has been made into a motion picture available on Netflix. It is the first in the Dumplin' series.
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Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0