Magnificent Obesity

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When Martha Moravec was admitted to the hospital complaining of chest pains, she couldn't believe she was having a heart attack at 55. This watershed moment in her life was a wake-up call, setting her on the path to regaining her health and her ambitions. This inspirational memoir carries readers along on a current of optimism and anxiety, of fear and determination, as an indomitable woman works to put her life back in order, losing weight, improving her health and realising her dreams.

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"A taut and poignant memoir of a journey of mind, body, and soul." -- David Blistein, author of David's Inferno

Author Bio

Martha M. Moravec was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, raised in the greater New York area and now resides in the southeast corner of Vermont. She attended Syracuse University where she spent a year writing an epistolary novel about the American Revolution, after which she enrolled in Windham College in southern Vermont, where she studied theatre with an emphasis on acting, directing and scene design. Martha has served as a writer, editor, communications and marketing coordinator in academic and nonprofit settings.