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Carol Lay, a California cartoonist, shares her own story of battling weight through cycles of dieting, pills, and hypnosis. In this graphic memoir she finally shed her excess pounds and kept them off—providing readers with a humorous, genuine, and eye‑popping account of her journey and practical advice to achieve lasting results.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Memoir
Authors: Carol Lay
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