Thanks to NetGalley, Atria Books and Randy Susan Meyers for the opportunity to read her latest novel. A good read - lots to ponder since everyone on the planet has to make food decisions daily.
Written from the viewpoint of two women who attend a weight-loss camp that promises they will lose weight quickly but in a supportive environment that will transform their lives. But of course that doesn't really happen. Instead, the women are subjected to The Biggest Loser on steroids - cruel, humiliating treatment that is also caught on camera.
Daphne and Alice both have big food issues. Alice was raised in a very supportive mixed-race family and was skinny when she met her husband, but has since gained a lot of weight and fears losing him. Daphne, on the other hand, has a husband who loves her the way she is but has a mother who raised her to feel that skinny was the only option.
Hopefully nobody will read the crazy diet restrictions and over-the-top exercise and feel that is a guide book to losing weight. A good read!
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