Results Not Typical
The Devil Wears Prada meets Weightwatchers and chick-lit meets corporate satire in the debut novel from Catherine Ryan Howard
Fiction | Released October 2011
Synopsis:
Through their Ultimate Weight Loss Diet Solution Zone System, Slimmit International Global Incorporated claim they’re making the world a more attractive place one fatty at a time. Their slogans “Where You’re Fat and We Know It!” and “Where the Fat IS Your Fault!” are recognised around the globe, the counter in the lobby says five million slimmed and their share price is as high as their energy levels. But today the theft of their latest revolutionary product, Lipid Loser, will threaten to expose the real secret behind Slimmit’s success…
As Director of Security, hunky Aaron Green is held responsible and threatened with his job. Spying an opportunity to get back into Aaron’s pants, Marianne Brand, head of Slimming Operations, offers to help him track down the intruder – but what she’s really hoping to find is her missing Much, Much More Muffin, a secret prototype she believes the intruder ate. Meanwhile Slimmit CEO Nicola Darcy struggles to stay conscious in the three layers of constricting underwear she needs to hide her new muffin top, while her daughter Emmy – deemed “unacceptably beyond corporate Appearance Policy parameters” – pushes paper in Slimmit’s basement and dreams of a skinny life, one she hopes her secret membership of Fat Club, Slimmit’s main competitor, will eventually bring her.
The race is on to retrieve the Lipid Loser and save Slimmit from total disaster. If their secrets get out, their competitors will put them out of business. If the government finds out, they’ll all go to jail. And if their clients find out… Well, as Slimmit’s Slimming Specialists know all too well, there’s only one thing worse than a hungry, sugar-crazed, carb addict – an angry one.
Will the secret behind Slimmit’s success survive the day, or will their long-suffering slimmers finally discover the truth?
Reviews:
“[A] hilarious take on the world of slimming … a hugely enjoyable first novel.” –Trashionista.com, Top 10 Reads of 2011
” [A] delightfully satirical tale, with a fresh perspective on the well-established theme of weight loss, and a quirky writing style. Just like its title, this book is anything but typical and if you want to take a chance on something completely different, this is the story to choose.” – Chick-Lit Club
“It’s so nice to read something that’s different, to read something that’s not your regular girl-meets-boy fare. Catherine has a natural flair for story-telling. [Results Not Typical] was such an enjoyable read … I thoroughly recommend it.” – Chick-Lit News and Reviews
About the Author:
Catherine Ryan Howard has been a professional yo-yo dieter for going on fifteen years, despite being only (just about to turn) 29. She’s tried Weightwatchers, calorie counting, only drinking smoothies, Being Good, only eating items from Marks and Spencer’s Count On Us range, Weightwatchers again, smoking, Atkins, Alan Carr’s The Easy Way to Lose Weight (it wasn’t), Get With the Program, abandon all the programs, Paul McKenna’s I Can Make You Thin (spoiler alert: he couldn’t) and Weightwatchers for a third time. In 2008 she tried a very scary cult-like organisation that cost a small fortune, forbade her from eating 99.9% of all food and tried to brainwash her into thinking that decaf coffee was a worthwhile thing, all under the guise of “behaviour modification therapy.” She didn’t lose any weight, but she did get an idea for a novel…
RRP: 99c in e-book
More about Results Not Typical:
- Blog post on release day
- The Results Not Typical blog tour
- Results Not Typical reviewed by ChickLit Club
- Results Not Typical reviewed by ChickLit News and Reviews
- Catherine interviewed by ChickLit News and Reviews
- Catherine interviewed by Trashionista
- Why Catherine changed the cover of Results Not Typical after its release
- Results Not Typical voted by Trashionista readers as a Top 10 Read of 2011
- CLICK HERE for all Results Not Typical related blog posts on catherineryanhoward.com.
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Came to this via your interview on Nicola Morgan’s blogspot and hopped over to Amazon to buy ‘Results Not Typical’ right away.
Enjoyed this immensely – witty, engaging and nicely satirical – just my cup of tea! Wishing you every success and more readers than you can shake a Slimmit bar at
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it.
Catherine,
I have read Mousetrapped while on vacation in Orlando, and couldn’t wait for Backpacked – I read it the first day it was available on Amazon. I downloaded Results Not Typical to my Kindle, and saved it for my vacation last week. I read it poolside and at the beach in Jamaica. I’m so glad I did! It was a wonderful beach book, some parts so funny I had the urge to read them aloud to my husband. Alas, his being a man and the humor being about weight and dieting, he just wouldn’t get it! Thank you for the laughs during my trip.
Thanks so much Kim! Glad it made you smile.