โProust had a cookie. Susan Shapiro has a cupcakeโand a really hilarious book.โ
โPatricia Marx, author of Him, Her, Him Again, the End of Him
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In Susan Shapiroโs laugh-out-loud funny fictional debut Speed Shrinking, Manhattan self-help author Julia Goodman thinks sheโs got her addictive personality under control. Then her beloved psychoanalyst moves away at the same time her husband takes off to L.A. and her best friend gets married and moves to Ohio.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Feeling lonely and left out, Julia fills in the void with food, becomes a cupcake addict, and blimps out. This is a huge problemโespecially since sheโs about to go on national television to plug her hot new self-help book about how she conquered her sugar addiction.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Navigating her insurance network, Julia desperately sees eight shrinks in eight days, speed-dating for Dr. Replacementโor any other new guruโto help shrink back her body and anxiety in time for her close-up.
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