Book
Waisted : a novel / Randy Susan Meyers.
Record details
- ISBN: 1501131397
- ISBN: 9781501131394 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1501131389
- ISBN: 9781501131387 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781501131387 : HRD
- ISBN: 1501131389 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781501131387
- ISBN: 1501131389
- ISBN: 9781501131394
- ISBN: 1501131397
- Physical Description: 275 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | In this provocative, wildly entertaining, and compelling novel, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers. Alice and Daphne, both successful working mothers, both accomplished and seemingly steady, harbor the same secret: obsession with their weight overshadows concerns about their children, husbands, work--and everything else of importance in their lives. Scales terrify them. Daphne, plump in a family of model-thin women, learned at her mother's knee that only slimness earns admiration. Alice, break-up skinny when she met her husband, risks losing her marriage if she keeps gaining weight. The two women meet at Privation. Located in a remote Vermont mansion, the program promises fast, dramatic weight loss, and Alice, Daphne, and five other women are desperate enough to leave behind their families for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The catch? They must agree to always be on camera; afterward, the world will see Waisted: The Documentary . The women soon discover that the filmmakers have trapped them in a cruel experiment. With each pound lost, they edge deeper into obsession and instability...until they decide to take matters into their own hands. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Overweight women > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. Documentary films > Fiction. Body image > Social aspects > Fiction. Families > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 12 of 12 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolcott Public Library | FIC MEYERS, R. WA (Text) | 34031143844111 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Woodbury Public Library | FIC MEYERS (Text) | 34018143906164 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
