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Jemima Jones is overweight—about one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the Kilburn Herald, Jemima's only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When she meets Brad, an eligible California hunk,...
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"The newest heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author tells the story of two friends who make a promise to face their deepest hopes and greatest fears by agreeing to stop waiting to lose weight and start living now. Marley, Georgia, and Emerson met at fat camp as teens, and they never would have survived it without each other. They bonded against the disapproval of their family and friends by loving each other for who they were...
3) Elevation
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"Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The latest from legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together--a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs...
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"When Janey Sweet, CEO of a couture wedding dress company, is photographed in the front row of a fashion show eating a bruffin--the delicious lovechild of a brioche and a muffin--her best friend and business partner, Beau, gives her an ultimatum: Lose thirty pounds or lose your job. Sure, Janey has gained some weight since her divorce, and no, her beautifully cut trousers don't fit like they used to, so Janey throws herself headlong into the world...
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Catapult
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2024.
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English
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"Diagnosed with Sudden Deafness, an artist in her late twenties keeps a record of her year-one filled with a series of fleeting and often humorous encounters-as she reorients her relationship to the world while living alone in a New York City studio apartment with her dog."--
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Corinna Chapman, baker extraordinaire, talented sleuth, stalwart friend and lover, is back! When a distraught Scottish veteran from Afghanistan is knocked unconscious, waking up to find his beloved ex-service dog missing, Corinna and her lover, Daniel, find themselves inextricably drawn into the machinations of a notorious underworld gang of drug runners. Corinna and Daniel need to pull together all the strings to find the connections between their...
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Kensington Books
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[2010]
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Loretta Crawford's family's love of food shows all too clearly on her 280-pound frame, until one day her loser husband, Lyman, leaves her for another woman and Loretta realizes she's had enough. Down but determined, Loretta opts for weight loss surgery. As her size plummets, her horizons expand and the Houston catering business that was once her hobby begins to take off in earnest.
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Avon Books
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2006.
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Patricia Stillwell signed up for an experimental weight-loss program and had an unexpected side effect. She went to bed as a brunette and woke up as a blonde. The new blonde Patricia attracts the attention of several men, but what will happen if her dark hair returns?
11) Hearts at home
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Thorndike Press
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2010.
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The briefest month on the calendar presents the angels with the biggest challenges on Heavenly Daze. Edith Wickam, married to the pastor of the Heavenly Daze Community Church, has her heart set on wearing a designer dress to the wedding of the year. Trouble is, the zipper won't close! Will she find a diet - and the determination - to shed those pounds? Annie Cuvier is at peace with her world until tragedy presents her with a series of life-changing...
16) Losing to win
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The small town of Belle Haven, Louisiana, is still struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill, and its residents will do whatever it takes to get it back on its feet. So when local English teacher Carissa Melody Wayne is asked to appear on the weight-loss reality show Losing to Win, she agrees. She doesn't realize that others from her past will be joining her, including her high school nemesis, an acquaintance who's...
19) Night swimming
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Warner Books
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2005.
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Learning that she has only one year left to live, Charlotte steals £2,000,000 from the bank where she used to work, changes her name and moves into a Hollywood condo. While the police search for her, she takes to the pool nightly to swim and reflect. Her friendship with Skip beings to evolve. Originally published: 2004.
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