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How I Lost More than a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life
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4.4 • 11 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A moving, funny, tongue-in-cheek memoir about a woman who lost and found herself online.
Nancy Makin weighed an astounding 703 pounds in May 2000. She was forty-five and suffered from obesity-related maladies. Due to shame and logistics, she was homebound for a dozen years.
But all that changed when she received a computer. In cyberspace she found the friendliness, the connection, the acceptance and the nurturing she'd been missing for so long. She followed no particular diet plan; no surgeries, pills, potions or ab-crunching exercises played a part, and yet today Nancy has lost more than 530 pounds and kept it off for more than seven years. Her tale is one of redemption and shows a growing America that there is hope...if you believe.
Customer Reviews
Loved this Memoir!
Finished the book in basically 24 hours - her voice rang true like you’re hearing it from a friend, with laugh aloud moments mixed in with insight on humanity. Highly recommend. Wish I could be friends with the author - Nancy, thank you for sharing your story!
The story of a brave woman!
Extremely well-written and interesting book about a courageous woman's battle...I should say war...with weight. You'll have no regrets about the time and money spent reading Nancy's story.