Navel Gazing: One Woman's Quest for a Size Normal - Softcover

Almost every woman worries about her weight. For Anne H Putnam, it became unavoidable - by the age of seventeen she weighed over twenty stone and had tried everything, from dieting to fat camp to wearing big t-shirts. When she decided to have weight-loss surgery, she thought everything would change. But now, nine years later and ten sizes smaller, she has discovered that changing your body doesn't automatically change how you feel about it.

Navel Gazing is a funny, passionate and no-holds-barred memoir of one woman's quest to accept her own body image - to feel normal. It will make you laugh, cry, cringe - and wonder why it's so hard for women to feel happy with the way they look.

'This is a funny, intimate account of one woman's turbulent battle with her weight, which examines the relationship between body and mind and challenges our concept of what constitutes a 'normal' body.' Psychologies

'This is a gutsy, brave memoir that, amid the slurry of new year diet books, deserves to be devoured and savoured ... Her self-deprecating nature, sharp eye for detail and troubled personal obsession mean that this memoir is almost pitch-perfect.' Helen Davies, Sunday Times

'A brave, very readable memoir.' Viv Groskop, Observer

'Meticulous and humble memoir ... conveys the lived experience.' --Talitha Stevenson, Financial Times