How to lose weight and alienate people

Is there such a thing as the perfect body? Vivian Ward thinks she is in total control of her life. Actually she's thirty five, an out-of-work actress who puts more effort into partying than getting good parts, is estranged from her family and emotionally unavailable to her boyfriend. A hilarious and thought-provoking novel about self-esteem and the cult of skinny and what happens when you're funny about food but the joke starts to wear thin.