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Fitness Junkie

A Novel

by Lucy Sykes
Jo Piazza
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A Good Morning America Summer Must-Read!
From the bestselling authors of The Knockoff, an outrageously funny novel about one woman's attempt—through clay diets, naked yoga, green juice, and cultish workout classes—to win back her career, save her best friend, and lose thirty pounds.
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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    July 11, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9781524780371
      • File size: 273425 KB
      • Duration: 09:29:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In this zany send-up of our health-conscious culture, Janey is given an ultimatum from her business partner to lose weight or lose her role as CEO of a couture wedding dress company. Susan Bennett's comedic and heartfelt narration is sure to delight listeners. Janey eschews her workaholic life for a world in which produce has a PR agent and fitness trends like consuming clay, Free the Nipple yoga, and secret dance routines punctuated by screams run rampant. Bennett brings all the characters to life with well-differentiated voices--from Janey's subtle Southern tones to her cousin's sugary folksy accent. Add a shaman's airy American tones and a fitness guru whose accent is a mystery, blending, as it does, Midwest tones with an Irish lilt, and you've got a cornucopia of quirky characters and a fun and funny listen. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

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