The Diet Novel

First I read this:

“'I decided that it was time to lose the fat and let in the love I was missing,' Kaye explains. 'I wrote The Diet, a story about a woman, Cate, who also found herself overweight, unhappy, unloved and unable to love. I decided that it was time to replace the fat with love,' says Kaye. 'There are so many studies that show how fat can reduce feelings of love for oneself and others and block the warmth of human intimacy we all crave so very much.'”

And I thought wow. This person actually says that if we are fat, we are "unloved." And there are "many studies" that show that if we are fat we don't love people as much. This sounds pretty fucking offensive. And then I read an excerpt from the book and I think I actually burst a blood vessel in my head.

"Cate looked at what was left of her mother. Just cookie crumbs, ice cream stains, an overturned bowl of cold spaghetti, and hundreds of diet books that had toppled from their shelves as her mother clutched at them to break her fall. But they didn’t save her."

That's right! If you are fat, this is how you will die. Unloved, unloveable, and surrounded by cookie crumbs.

Or you can just read this summary of the book:

"She eats and eats. She gains and gains. She loses her husband, her child, her career, and almost her life. She loses everything except her fat!"

Well, doesn't this sound like a delightful, empowering read! Let me pre-order my copy right now!