Magnificent Obesity
My Search for Wellness, Voice and Meaning in the Second Half of Life
$35.61
- Paperback
246 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2014
Summary
When a fifty-five-year old agoraphobic, diabetic, compulsive overeater who weighs in at 324 pounds suffers a heart attack, the shock accelerates a tolerable mid-life crisis into a death struggle between where she appears to be going in life and the quite different place she wants to be. Magnificent Obesity is an inspirational, self-help memoir about trying to stay afloat and get ahead despite a nagging fear that life has already left you behind.When Martha Moravec was admitted to the hospital complaining of chest pains, she couldn’t believe she was having a heart attack at 55. This watershed moment in her life was a wake-up call, setting her on the path to regaining her health and her ambitions. This inspirational memoir carries readers along on a current of optimism and anxiety, of fear and determination, as an indomitable woman works to put her life back in order, losing weight, improving her health, and realizing her dreams.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781578265053 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1578265053 |
| Author: | Martha Moravec |
| Publisher: | Hatherleigh Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Hatherleigh Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 246 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 355g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 230mm |
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Critics Review
“A taut and poignant memoir of a journey of mind, body, and soul.” – David Blistein , author of David’s Inferno
“A taut and poignant memoir of a journey of mind, body, and soul.” – David Blistein, author of David’s Inferno
Martha Moravec
Martha M. Moravec was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, raised in the greater New York area and now resides in the southeast corner of Vermont. She attended Syracuse University where she spent a year writing an epistolary novel about the American Revolution, after which she enrolled in Windham College in southern Vermont, where she studied theatre with an emphasis on acting, directing and scene design. Martha has served as a writer, editor, communications and marketing coordinator in academic and nonprofit settings.
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