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Waisted
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Robin Eller, Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this “big-hearted triumph of a novel” (Carolyn Parkhurst, New York Times best-selling author) for fans of Jennifer Weiner, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers.
Alice and Daphne, both successful and accomplished working mothers, harbor the same secret: obsession with their weight overshadows concerns about their children, husbands, work - and everything else of importance in their lives.
Daphne, plump in a family of model-thin women, discovered early that only slimness earns admiration. Alice, break-up skinny when she met her husband, risks losing her marriage if she keeps gaining weight.
The two women meet at Waisted. Located in a remote Vermont mansion, the program promises fast, dramatic weight loss, and Alice, Daphne, and five other women are desperate enough to leave behind their families for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The catch? They must agree to always be on camera; afterward, the world will see Waisted: The Documentary.
But the women soon discover that the filmmakers have trapped them in a cruel experiment. With each pound lost, they edge deeper into obsession and instability...until they decide to take matters into their own hands.
Randy Susan Meyers “spins a compelling tale” (Kirkus Reviews) and “delivers a timely examination of body image, family, friendship, and what it means to be a woman in modern society... Culturally inclusive and societally on point, this is a must-read” (Library Journal).
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- Andre J.
- 2021-03-01
Baffled by the casting choice for the voice of Alice. Painfully annoying.
I liked the story- overall 👍🏻👍🏻
HOWEVER, the voice of Alice is SO STRANGE. The severe level of annoyance it caused me overshadowed the story. How that lady got the job to narrate an audiobook baffles me. She whispers often when it’s normal dialog... she reminds me of one of those ASMR therapy people on YouTube. She often sounds robotic and reads VERY slowly when it’s entirely unnecessary. I considered increasing the speed on the audiobook but the other narrator (Voice of Daphne) reads normal and did a great performance.
I wish there was a different narrator for Alice. The voice sounds like a mother of a 3 year old, speaking slow to a toddler who’s in trouble and also whispering cause there’s a sleeping baby in the next room. Best way I can describe it.
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