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Dietland / Sarai Walker.
"A fresh and provocative debut novel about a reclusive young woman saving up for weight loss surgery when she gets drawn into a shadowy feminist guerilla group called "Jennifer"--equal parts Bridget Jones's Diary and Fight Club"-- Provided by publisher.
Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. With her job answering fan mail for a teen magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery. But when a mysterious woman in colorful tights and combat boots begins following her, Plum falls down a rabbit hole into the world of Calliope House-an underground community of women who reject society's rules-and is forced to confront the real costs of becoming “beautiful.” At the same time, a guerrilla group begins terrorizing a world that mistreats women, and Plum becomes entangled in a sinister plot. The consequences are explosive. “A giddy revenge fantasy that will shake up your thinking and burrow under your skin” (Entertainment Weekly), Dietland takes on gender inequality, the beauty industry, and our weight-loss obsession-with fists flying.
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- ISBN: 9781328534835
- Physical Description: 316 pages : includes group discussion guide ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York ; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
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Genre: | Humorous fiction. |