In 1965, Margaret Foster published Georgy Girl, a novel about the narrow options open to a heavy-set, homely, love-sick, English working-class girl as Swinging London was taking hold. For young women in London then, thin was in, as was high-pop style, colorful fashion and sports cars. Georgy's roommate, Meredith, is completely in sync with the times, th…
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