Fix also explores two dynamic perspectives toward cosmetic surgery in the sisters: Cameron, who embraces procedures with fierce determination, and Allie, who gradually questions them more and more. Fix is graphic and very serious about the problems and numerous complications that can result from breast augmentation surgery, including the simple fact that it is almost never a one-time deal – women with breast implants usually need to have repeat surgeries over the course of years, even if nothing goes drastically wrong. Cameron’s own boyfriend doesn’t understand how and why the surgery is important to her. But cosmetic surgery is still surgery, and contains a plethora of medical and health risks. Meanwhile, her younger sister Allie is struggling with the concept of her own approaching nose job, and her mother contemplates cosmetic surgery to breathe life into her own struggling career. Now, just as she is about to start college, she has decided to undergo breast surgery in order to move up from “smart and pretty” to “smart and drop-dead gorgeous”. ‘The debut novel of social anthropologist and expert on all things teenaged Leslie Margolis, Fix is the story of a young woman, Cameron Beekman, who suffered years of being ostracized and called “Beakface” because of her large nose before a simple nose job transformed her life.
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