Dietland: A Novel
Apr 2024 · HarperCollins
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AN AMC ORIGINAL SERIES
FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARTI NOXON,
STARRING JOY NASH AND JULIANNA MARGULIES
A Best Book of the Year
Entertainment Weekly • Bustle • Amazon • Women's National Book Association • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage • Kobo • LitReactor
"Audacious and gutsy and heartbreaking — Dietland completely blew me away." — Jennifer Weiner
The diet revolution is here. And it's armed.
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 guerilla 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 the beauty industry, gender inequality, and our weight-loss obsession — with fists flying.
FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARTI NOXON,
STARRING JOY NASH AND JULIANNA MARGULIES
A Best Book of the Year
Entertainment Weekly • Bustle • Amazon • Women's National Book Association • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage • Kobo • LitReactor
"Audacious and gutsy and heartbreaking — Dietland completely blew me away." — Jennifer Weiner
The diet revolution is here. And it's armed.
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 guerilla 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 the beauty industry, gender inequality, and our weight-loss obsession — with fists flying.
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4.3
31 reviews
Angie Barajas
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June 19, 2018
I really enjoyed reading this book. I thought Plums character was
interesting. It still amazes me how cruel our society can be and it's sad
that some women seem to only feel powerful or beautiful by looking a
certain way. We as women, need to teach our young daughters and sisters
that happiness comes from within. If we are happy with ourselves that
should be good enough.
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Kimbo U.
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July 20, 2016
This book started off strong and I suggested it to friends. Part of the way in it really "jumps the shark" & I recanted my referral. I should have stopped midway through and it would've been a 5 star review.
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J. Brown
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July 18, 2018
I read this book.... I recommended it to my therapist who asked me "if i
was angry"... I haven't gone back. I don't think she fully appreciated the
concept of the book.
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About the author
Sarai Walker is the author of the novel Dietland, which has been published in more than a dozen countries and adapted as a television series for AMC. She has lectured on feminism and body image internationally, and has spoken about these topics widely in the media. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian and elsewhere, and she worked as a writer and editor on an updated version of Our Bodies, Ourselves. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College and a PhD in English from the University of London. She lives in Philadelphia.
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