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The Afterlife Diet

A novel as big as all outdoors—a murder mystery set in heaven! The acclaimed NPR commentator and children's author explores what happens when fat people go to one heaven, and all others go to another. A novel of dazzling brilliance and consummate wit, it also tells the real story of weight consciousness in America.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 259 pages

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