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Weighting to Live
'I'm sprawled on the sofa holding my stomach tenderly with floppy fingers ... I am never eating again. The Queen is talking to the nation, but all I can think about are the falafels in the fridge.'
She can’t wait to finally start living, but first she must lose weight and stop pulling out her eyebrows then everything will be perfect. Weighting to Live follows one woman’s struggle to stop living for tomorrow in the midst of the illness of her beloved grandmother, a miserable boss, a crazy family, inner demons and a lack of self-belief.
Along the way she might find true love … and a cat called Nigel.
She can’t wait to finally start living, but first she must lose weight and stop pulling out her eyebrows then everything will be perfect. Weighting to Live follows one woman’s struggle to stop living for tomorrow in the midst of the illness of her beloved grandmother, a miserable boss, a crazy family, inner demons and a lack of self-belief.
Along the way she might find true love … and a cat called Nigel.
- GenresContemporary
199 pages, ebook
First published February 26, 2015
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About the author
Cara Ward
13 books10 followersCara started writing in 2013 after falling in love with it whilst housebound from the iatrogenic condition, Topical Steroid Addiction, which she has since made a full recovery from. She is now an advocate for the relatively unknown condition which affects thousands of people around the world. Cara also has a popular blog about her skin journey which can be found here: www.tswcara.blogspot.com.
In December 2017, she released the book, Curing my Incurable Eczema, about her battle with Topical Steroid Addiction, which reached the top five in the dermatology book charts on Amazon. In April 2019, she released the short story, Just Julia, based on her own experience of living with eczema. Her first collection of short stories, Thirty-Minute Tales, was released in September 2021.
Between late 2014 and early 2018, Cara wrote the women’s fiction series, Weighting to Live, which was republished in 2022. Around the same time, she also published the standalone short story, Knock Down Ginger, inspired by her experience of being bullied because of the colour of her hair.
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In December 2017, she released the book, Curing my Incurable Eczema, about her battle with Topical Steroid Addiction, which reached the top five in the dermatology book charts on Amazon. In April 2019, she released the short story, Just Julia, based on her own experience of living with eczema. Her first collection of short stories, Thirty-Minute Tales, was released in September 2021.
Between late 2014 and early 2018, Cara wrote the women’s fiction series, Weighting to Live, which was republished in 2022. Around the same time, she also published the standalone short story, Knock Down Ginger, inspired by her experience of being bullied because of the colour of her hair.
Sign up to the mailing list to receive your monthly newsletter and author updates here: www.cararward.com/join
For more information, visit:
www.cararward.com
www.authorcaraward.blogspot.com
www.instagram.com/carasnextchapter
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November 9, 2020
A fun book, very real. A girl with her own issues with weight and other personal issues, a crazy (and often horrible) family, a grandmother with a terminal illness, and a horrible job, falls in love and attempts to work out why he loves her despite all of the things going on with her. A quick and enjoyable read.
March 24, 2024
Easy readiny
Plot line is good and shows the dysfunctional family well, but the ending was very disappointing. I'd like to see a sequel.
Plot line is good and shows the dysfunctional family well, but the ending was very disappointing. I'd like to see a sequel.
November 1, 2015
Loved this book. It was a real bonus as I got it as a Goodreads giveaway so might have missed it otherwise. Also got a lovely handwritten card from the author Lily Divine. It's a lovely story, funny but with a lot of pathos and angst. Would recommend.
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