I agree with princessbabs - 'disturbing book'! I commend Susan Blech for her courageous, stripped down memoir; however, I often read this book with a twisted look of disgust on my face! I couldn't even eat one night, after reading through her fast food adventures.

I read this book to gain perspective on what prompts a person to gain an inordinately huge amount of weight. On a regular basis, I help overweight, and obese, folks adopt healthier, more active and nutritionally sound lifestyles. While psychological underpinnings are often the case with overweight folk, there is such a high degree of negative emotional charge that drives weight up to morbid and extreme morbid obesity. By reading this book, I hoped to gain a glimpse into what can be an extremely lonely, and often helpless, type of life. If I can offer one piece of advice to everyone, it is to not only treat overfat people like human beings, it is crucial to reach out and include them, as you would ANYONE. ( )

Boring, couldn't get into it. ( )