{"product_id":"9781101186893","title":"703: How I Lost More than a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving, funny, tongue-in-cheek memoir about a woman who lost and found herself online. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nancy Makin weighed an astounding 703 pounds in May 2000. She was forty-five and suffered from obesity-related maladies. Due to shame and logistics, she was homebound for a dozen years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But all that changed when she received a computer. In cyberspace she found the friendliness, the connection, the acceptance and the nurturing she'd been missing for so long. She followed no particular diet plan; no surgeries, pills, potions or ab-crunching exercises played a part, and yet today Nancy has lost more than 530 pounds and kept it off for more than seven years. Her tale is one of redemption and shows a growing America that there is hope...if you believe.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120809754864,"sku":"9781101186893","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101186893_p0.jpg?v=1763685645","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101186893","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}