Summary:

Annotation. Thedietrevolution is here. Andit's armed. Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. Or mocked. Or worse. She works answering fan mail for a popular teen magazine, and is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery. Only then can her 'true life' as a thin person finally begin. When a mysterious woman starts following her, Plum finds herself falling down a rabbit holeandinto an underground community of women who live life on their own terms. There Plum accepts a series of challenges that force her to deal with her past, her doubts, andthe real costs of becoming 'beautiful.' Meanwhile, a dangerous guerrilla group, 'Jennifer, ' is beginning to terrorize the world in the name of mistreated women, and before long Plum becomes entangled in a sinister plot. The consequences are explosive. Dietlandis an utterly gripping, originalandfunny debut novel that takes on the beauty industry, gender inequalityandour weight-loss obsession from the inside out--andwith fists flying.'Sarai Walker has written a call to arms. Devious, subversive, delightful, Dietlandis a SCUM Manifesto set to a pop music beat and Plum Kettle is a feminist hero for the modern age.' - Alice Sebold, author ofThe Lovely Bones.

Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. Or mocked. Or worse.

But when a mysterious woman starts following her, Plum finds herself involved with an underground community of women who live life on their own terms. At the same time, a dangerous guerrilla group called "Jennifer" begins to terrorize a world that mistreats women. As Plum grapples with her personal struggles, she becomes entangled in a sinister plot, the consequences of which are explosive.