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Fitness junkie : a novel, Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza

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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 of the fitness revolution, signing up for a shockingly expensive workout pass, baring it all for Free the Nipple yoga, sweating through boot camp classes run by Sri Lankan militants and spinning to the screams of a Lycra-clad instructor with rage issues. At a juice shop she meets Jacob, a cute young guy who takes her dumpster-diving outside Whole Foods on their first date. At a shaman's tea ceremony she meets Hugh, a silver fox who holds her hand through an ayahuasca hallucination And at a secret exercise studio Janey meets Sara Strong, the wildly popular workout guru whose special dance routine has starlets and wealthy women flocking to her for results that seem too good to be true. As Janey eschews delicious carbs, pays thousands of dollars to charlatans, and is harassed by her very own fitness bracelet, she can't help but wonder: Did she really need to lose weight in the first place? A hilarious send-up of the health and wellness industry, Fitness Junkie is a glorious romp through the absurd landscape of our weight-obsessed culture
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eng
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First edition.
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1 online resource
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9780385541817
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Fitness junkie : a novel
Title
Fitness junkie
Title remainder
a novel
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Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
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Language
eng
Summary
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 of the fitness revolution, signing up for a shockingly expensive workout pass, baring it all for Free the Nipple yoga, sweating through boot camp classes run by Sri Lankan militants and spinning to the screams of a Lycra-clad instructor with rage issues. At a juice shop she meets Jacob, a cute young guy who takes her dumpster-diving outside Whole Foods on their first date. At a shaman's tea ceremony she meets Hugh, a silver fox who holds her hand through an ayahuasca hallucination And at a secret exercise studio Janey meets Sara Strong, the wildly popular workout guru whose special dance routine has starlets and wealthy women flocking to her for results that seem too good to be true. As Janey eschews delicious carbs, pays thousands of dollars to charlatans, and is harassed by her very own fitness bracelet, she can't help but wonder: Did she really need to lose weight in the first place? A hilarious send-up of the health and wellness industry, Fitness Junkie is a glorious romp through the absurd landscape of our weight-obsessed culture
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Sykes, Lucy
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3619.Y544
Literary form
fiction
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Piazza, Jo
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Weight loss
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adult
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Fitness junkie : a novel, Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
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online
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Isbn
9780385541817
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2016045702
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computer
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Fitness junkie : a novel, Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
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Publication
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online resource
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text
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Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
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online
Governing access note
Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions
Isbn
9780385541817
Lccn
2016045702
Media category
computer
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rdamedia
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69ebfcd7-3fb7-4f89-a0bd-9215a6d84cda
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remote
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  • (OCoLC)ocn959922637
  • (OCoLC)959922637
  • 3462352

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