703: How I Lost More Than a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life (Center Point Platinum Nonfiction)

by Nancy Makin

A moving, funny, tongue-in-cheek memoir about a woman who lost and found herself online.

Nancy Makin weighed an astounding 703 pounds in May 2000. She was forty-five and suffered from obesity-related maladies. Due to shame and logistics, she was homebound for a dozen years.

But all that changed when she received a computer. In cyberspace she found the friendliness, the connection, the acceptance and the nurturing she'd been missing for so long. She followed no particular diet plan; no surgeries, pills, potions or ab-crunching exercises played a part, and yet today Nancy has lost more than 530 pounds and kept it off for more than seven years. Her tale is one of redemption and shows a growing America that there is hope...if you believe.

• ISBN10: 0525951377
• ISBN13: 9780525951377
• Publish Date: 15 April 2010 (first published 1 April 2010)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 25 February 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Dutton Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 290
• Language: English

Reviews

[mbtc]

Thought this was a fascinating memoir about Nancy's life. It's fascinating to look into another person's life, especially when it can be so different from anything you can imagine.