NEW RELEASE
The Desperate Bride's Diet Club - Alison Sherlock (2012)
Violet's about to get married to the man of her dreams but she wishes she was the weight of her dreams, then she'd never have to worry about Sebastian running off and leaving her. Desperate to drop the clothes sizes before she becomes a bride, she joins a new diet club called New You. The only good thing about the diet club is that it comes with new friends, extrovert Kathy, mum and daughter Maggie and Lucy, and Edward the man who loves his pints and kebabs. With all of them tackling their own problems, as well as their waist lines, they soon start to help each other along. But will Violet reach the size of her dreams, and will losing weight magically solve all her problems? This book is almost like the reading equivalent of comfort eating. It's warm and cosy, you're drawn to the characters, and it's an easy read. I did feel bombarded with characters in the first few chapters but that isn't true of the rest of the book. It soon slows down and you start to keep track of everyone. If you've ever felt the strain of the diet then this book will probably having you laughing out loud. (AB)
The Desperate Bride's Diet Club, by Alison Sherlock, is about an overweight bride who embarks on desperate measures in the lead-up to her big day. The summary says: "Every bride dreams of looking beautiful on her wedding day. Doesn't she? Violet doesn't. She is dreading it. In fact she can't think why Sebastian ever asked her to marry him. When they met, she was a size 14-16. Now she is size 20. How will she ever find a dress which doesn't make her look ridiculous? And fat. Dieting club New You! promises the answers. But things just go from bad to worse. It is time for Violet to come up with some solutions of her own." The Desperate Bride's Diet Club is out in April.