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MEET MEZZ, JEWELS, ELLIE & KAT
MEET Mezz, Jewels, Ellie & Kat...
The Shape of Us
For four women who join an online weight loss program and form a deep friendship, the stakes are higher than the scales.
Each woman is determined that this time they’ll lose the weight for good…and they’ll finally have the life they so desperately want. But is weight loss really the key to finding happiness?
In a journey that will test so much more than their willpower, will Mezz, Jewels, Ellie and Kat finally learn to embrace themselves—and each other—before it’s too late?
what are readers saying?
"I finished this book some months ago now, and it has remained with me ... which is always the sign of a great read. 'The Shape of Us' is a novel about one of my favourite things ... relationships. Relationships with partners, friends, and most importantly, the relationship we, as women, have with our bodies. This is an important book, and one everyone should read. Highly recommend with five well-deserved stars."
“Lisa Ireland gets right to the heart of female friendship, exploring topics every woman can relate to.”
"A fabulous story about friendship and family. Family can often be found where we least expect it, and the bonds we form can happen in the most unlikely circumstances. I genuinely could relate to so many of the things these women were thinking and going through. I think the biggest thing I learnt was to learn to be happy with who you are, no matter your size and to grab those special friendships when they come along."
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what are readers saying?
"I finished this book some months ago now, and it has remained with me ... which is always the sign of a great read. 'The Shape of Us' is a novel about one of my favourite things ... relationships. Relationships with partners, friends, and most importantly, the relationship we, as women, have with our bodies. This is an important book, and one everyone should read. Highly recommend with five well-deserved stars."
Sally HepworthNYT Bestselling Author
“Lisa Ireland gets right to the heart of female friendship, exploring topics every woman can relate to.”
Rachael JohnsBestselling Australian Author
"A fabulous story about friendship and family. Family can often be found where we least expect it, and the bonds we form can happen in the most unlikely circumstances. I genuinely could relate to so many of the things these women were thinking and going through. I think the biggest thing I learnt was to learn to be happy with who you are, no matter your size and to grab those special friendships when they come along."
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The Story Behind the Story...
This book was originally inspired by a relationship I formed online with a woman in the USA. We were both members of an online message board for women who’d suffered a pregnancy loss. Becky and I didn’t really have anything in common on paper but we just clicked somehow and we went on to have a wonderful friendship that continues to this day.
I wanted to explore the intimacy that can develop between strangers online. I chose a weight loss forum as the meeting place for the characters as it’s a setting that I’m familiar with and I thought that many women would be able to relate to the theme of body dissatisfaction. The perpetual cycle of weight loss and gain that many of us seem to be caught up in fascinates me and I wanted to delve into the societal pressures that push us to be constantly at war with our own bodies. Prior to writing the book I was always on some sort of weight loss program, but doing the research for the novel changed the way I think about my body. My greatest hope is that reading the novel might have the same impact on some readers.
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