Living Large
A Big Man's Ideas on Weight, Success, and Acceptance
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2006
304 pages
978-1-60961-662-5 (ISBN)
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A poignant, funny, and, above all, honest look at obesity from the inside out. Is it the goal of life to be thin? Or to be happy? In this inspiring story, those two elusive goals become one, as a fat man learns acceptance, loses the guilt, and gains the wisdom to manage his weight.
You can hardly pick up a magazine or turn on the TV today without encountering a torrent of talk on weight. But all too rarely do we hear from overweight people themselves-especially men-about how life feels inside the body of a fat person. Mike Berman shares that story in this hopeful and uplifting memoir.
A self-proclaimed "fat man" who is also a happy man-successful in his career, marriage, and friendships-Berman has earned his insight and peace of mind through decades of personal struggle. In Living Large, this well-known political activist and Washington lobbyist never shies away from the pain and daunting challenges of being seriously overweight. But Berman has an important message that he wants to be heard: Fatness is not a moral failing, but a disease; and once it is accepted as such, it can be successfully managed.
You can hardly pick up a magazine or turn on the TV today without encountering a torrent of talk on weight. But all too rarely do we hear from overweight people themselves-especially men-about how life feels inside the body of a fat person. Mike Berman shares that story in this hopeful and uplifting memoir.
A self-proclaimed "fat man" who is also a happy man-successful in his career, marriage, and friendships-Berman has earned his insight and peace of mind through decades of personal struggle. In Living Large, this well-known political activist and Washington lobbyist never shies away from the pain and daunting challenges of being seriously overweight. But Berman has an important message that he wants to be heard: Fatness is not a moral failing, but a disease; and once it is accepted as such, it can be successfully managed.
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MICHAEL S. BERMAN is an attorney and president of the Duberstein Group, a leading Washington, D.C., consulting firm. He has served on the staff of former vice president Walter Mondale and has worked as the scheduler of convention sessions at six Democratic National Conventions.
LAURENCE SHAMES is a critically acclaimed novelist and the author (with the late Peter Barton) of Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived. He was the ghostwriter on the New York Times bestsellers Boss of Bosses and Amerika. Formerly the ethics columnist for Esquire, Shames lives in Ojai, California.
LAURENCE SHAMES is a critically acclaimed novelist and the author (with the late Peter Barton) of Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived. He was the ghostwriter on the New York Times bestsellers Boss of Bosses and Amerika. Formerly the ethics columnist for Esquire, Shames lives in Ojai, California.
