Book News: Michele Gorman

Notting Hill Press, 2014

To celebrate the recent US and Canada launch of Michele Gorman’s The Curvy Girls Club, Michele’s short story, Weightless, is available for free for a limited time.

To get hold of your copy, simply email thecurvygirlsclub@gmail.com and they’ll send you a copy of Weightless, along with membership to the real Curvy Girls Club. The club was created by Michele and anyone is welcome.  It’s a daily doze of loveliness for everyone.

The blurb for Weightless…

Annabel’s not surprised when nobody recognises her at her 10 year reunion. The spotty fat teen nicknamed AnnaBall by the school bullies is long gone. But standing on the edge of the popular crowd, she still feels like that girl. That is, until Jack, her teen crush, starts flirting with her. Much to her amusement, he has mistaken her for Christy Blake, Annabel’s chief tormentor before she moved to France in their last year.

It’s just a bit of fun at first, letting Jack believe she’s Christy. After all, he was nuts about her before she said au revoir to England. And when he asks Annabel out, the fun becomes something even more interesting. The more they date the deeper they fall for each other. So what if Annabel has to fib a little to keep up the façade?

As the lies start compounding, and she realises that they’re falling in love, she has to tell him who she really is. But she’ll lose the love of her life if she does.

The Curvy Girls Club  is due for release in the UK in 2016 so be sure to keep a look out for it.

It’s a  funny, heart-warming story about overcoming the prejudices we hold, no matter where we tip the scales. 

When the pounds start falling off Katie, founder and president of London’s most popular social club for the calorie-challenged, it seems like a dream come true. But as the overweight stigma recedes and her life starts to change, she faces losing more than the inches around her waist. Everything that’s important to her – her closest friends, boyfriend, and acceptance into the club itself – are at stake in a world where thin is the new fat. 

Follow Michele on Twitter.

(Weightless is on sale on Amazon.com for $1.99 and on Amazon UK for 99 pence.)

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