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Random House Inc. 02/01/2004. 195 pgs. Harry has always been chubby, and now, middle-aged, he's gone beyond mere chubbiness and needs to lose a lot of weight. His wife, Francie, is amazed when he actually joins a group and goes on a low-carb diet--but, as he gets thinner, he also gets involved in an affair with a neighbor. As revenge, Francie goes off on a cruise with their old friend Tom, but any romance that might have developed is aborted when the ship hits a storm. Once the cruise is over, Francie and Harry have to decide what to do about their shattered life together: ditch it, or save it? This pseudonymous novel was reportedly created by a well-known novelist and a collaborator. Originally published at $21.00 You save 95% off the cover price!

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St Martins Pr. 06/01/2004. 336 pgs. This blistering SF social satire explores America's cruel, paradoxical dichotomy: desperately dieting to fit an impossible ideal and super-sizing every portion. In the near future, evangelist Earl Sharpnack has thrown away all organized religion in favor of making the human body a temple. Keeping perfectly fit is the only form of worship. Anorexics are force-fed, while the obese are either made to reduce or recruited as fat porn performers. Gyms and plastic surgery centers adorn every strip mall, right next to the fast-food joints advertising competitive eating contests. But beneath these twin cults of beauty and overindulgence lies something corrupt and rotten. Betz and Danny, twins looking for their vanished, anorexic sister Annie; Jeremy, an overweight businessman trapped inside an internment camp masquerading as a weight-loss spa; and Annie and her heavy friend Kelly are about to discover the big fat secrets lurking at the heart of Reverend Earl's empire. Originally published at $24.95 You save 92% off the cover price!

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Harpercollins. 02/01/2006. 278 pgs. Three women whose friendship stretches back to high school reach a crossroads in this work of African-American women's fiction. Obese Whitney struggles to improve her willpower, her body, and the injuries inflicted on her self-esteem by strangers, ex-boyfriends, and family members who can't look past her weight problem. A health crisis forces Taylor to take a good, hard look at her unsatisfactory relationship with her boyfriend. Meanwhile, domineering Charisse spirals out of control when her husband decides he no longer wants to be under her thumb. Originally published at $23.95 You save 96% off the cover price!

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