Readers will be interested in the two other books in this trilogy. Fat: A Love Story introduces Rita, describes her crush on an unattainable man named Robert Swann, and depicts the developing relationship between Arnold Bromberg and Rita. Arnold and Rita are reunited in the final book, Beautiful Losers. Barbara Wersba has written another trilogy about a character who, like Rita, feels like a misfit and gradually learns to accept herself and find love; Heidi Rosenbloom is featured in the three volumes Just Be Gorgeous, Wonderful Me, and The Farewell Kid. Authors frequently set their stories in the same places, and it is interesting to compare and contrast these books. Wersba has placed another story, Whistle Me Home, in Sag Harbor, and sends another protagonist to Switzerland in You'll Never Guess the End. And for a different look at a May-December romance—this...