8 1/2 Stone

This book is about the author's journey to self-acceptance and happiness after going through a difficult time. It is rooted in her reality and aims to make women who might be miserable or cheated on or broke or feeling woefully unsuccessful feel a little better. The author realized that true happiness only comes with self-acceptance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 278 pages
Publication date: 14 July 2021
Publisher: Filament Publishing

I will be able to shop in Topshop. I will be able to go swimming and not displace all the water and create a tsunami. I will fit in changing rooms without banging my elbows or exposing the moon of my arse through the curtain when I bend over. I will be able to fit behind the narrow benches at Ronnie Scott's to listen to jazz instead of being offered a chair at the end of the row. I will be able to see my toes, which I haven't seen since 1996 without the aid of a selfie stick. I will be promoted and not have my desk moved to inside the stationery cupboard for being off-brand.

I started writing this book five years ago. I was going through a really hard time - I lost my home and everything I owned - and the only way I got through it was by writing, and making myself laugh. I have always self-medicated with funny books, and wanted to write something that made women who might be miserable or cheated on or broke or feeling woefully unsuccessful feel a little better. The book is rooted in my reality: I always felt my life would start and I'd be happy once I reached my target weight. Then I got thin, and life was still rubbish, and I still hated my body. I realized true happiness only comes with self-acceptance. So here it is. And I hope it at least makes you smile. And reach for that doughnut.

Weight: 360g
Dimension: 133 x 202 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913623555