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Susan Sussman
The Dieter
The Dieter
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Thin, bright, thin, beautiful, thin Barbara Avers has it all, a successful husband, great kids, beautiful home -- and a two pack a day cigarette habit.
The book opens at 104 pounds, Barbara's weight the night she honors a beloved friend's passing by flinging her last carton of cigarettes into Lake Michigan. Instantly, like Alice down the rabbit hole, Barbara hurtles headlong into the alternate universe of hips and thighs, weight clinics and fad diets, elastic waistbands and camouflage over-blouses.
115-130 -- As the needle on the scale moves up, the facade of her life peels away like skin off a Vidalia onion. Her high-power attorney/politician husband spends more time with his pretty campaign manager. Her children seem to pull away. Her once solid self-image wobbles like rice pudding.
150-175 -- Barbara is befriended by a wise-cracking 300 pound fellow-dieter -- a woman forced to lose weight for health reasons -- whose boyfriend complains she's getting too thin. Then Barbara's old newspaper editor asks her to write a column and Barbara catches the eye of a battle weary crime reporter.
175-190 – ---- "...Sussman reveals a fresh, original voice, guaranteed to make you laugh, weep, and cheer for one of the most remarkable and appealing heroines ever to appear in contemporary fiction."
"A delightful novel, intelligent, witty, and very moving."
--Susan Isaacs
The book opens at 104 pounds, Barbara's weight the night she honors a beloved friend's passing by flinging her last carton of cigarettes into Lake Michigan. Instantly, like Alice down the rabbit hole, Barbara hurtles headlong into the alternate universe of hips and thighs, weight clinics and fad diets, elastic waistbands and camouflage over-blouses.
115-130 -- As the needle on the scale moves up, the facade of her life peels away like skin off a Vidalia onion. Her high-power attorney/politician husband spends more time with his pretty campaign manager. Her children seem to pull away. Her once solid self-image wobbles like rice pudding.
150-175 -- Barbara is befriended by a wise-cracking 300 pound fellow-dieter -- a woman forced to lose weight for health reasons -- whose boyfriend complains she's getting too thin. Then Barbara's old newspaper editor asks her to write a column and Barbara catches the eye of a battle weary crime reporter.
175-190 – ---- "...Sussman reveals a fresh, original voice, guaranteed to make you laugh, weep, and cheer for one of the most remarkable and appealing heroines ever to appear in contemporary fiction."
"A delightful novel, intelligent, witty, and very moving."
--Susan Isaacs
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