Waisted : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643583525
- ISBN: 1643583522
- ISBN: 9781643583525 : LIB
- ISBN: 1643583522 : LIB
- Physical Description: 428 pages (large print) : 23 cm
- Edition: Center Point Large print edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2019
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
General Note: | Subtitle from cover. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
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Subject: | Overweight women Fiction Female friendship Fiction Documentary films Fiction Body image Social aspects Fiction Families Fiction Large type books |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
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Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ALP MEY (Text) | 33260000303751 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Derby Neck Library | LP MEY (Text) | 34046146012805 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | LTE F MEYERS (Text) | 31953144301069 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Oxford Public Library | LP FIC MEYERS (Text) | 33530144406771 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Summary
Waisted
Alice and Daphne, both successful and accomplished working mothers, 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 only slimness earns admiration at her mother's knee. Alice, break-up skinny when she met her husband, risks losing her marriage if she keeps gaining weight.