Losing It (Red Dress Ink) - Softcover

Rech, Lindsay Faith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0373250371 ISBN 13: 9780373250370

Publisher: Red Dress Ink, 2003

Synopsis

With her life collapsing around her, thirty-two-year-old waitress Diana Christopher, who is addicted cheese curls, forms a friendship with her ninety-three-year-old neighbor who helps Diana believe in herself, unleash the sexy goddess within, and finally face her past. Original. 50,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author

Lindsay Faith Rech is a twenty-something native of Pennsylvania. She graduated with honors from Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, with a degree in fine arts. It was during her junior year at Rider University that she began dating her future husband, Scott Rech, whom she married five months after graduating. Prior to realizing her longtime dream of becoming a published author, Lindsay had her own column in a New Jersey newspaper and worked as an assistant editor for a chain of news magazines in Pennsylvania. Today, she writes full-time from her home.

From the Inside Flap

Everyone thinks Diana Christopher is losing it. Considering she s just driven her car into the front window of Davey s Café, they might be on to something. All Diana wants is to be normal but life for this 32-year-old waitress is anything but. Since the death of her father two decades before, Diana has looked for consolation in donuts, strawberry shortcake and cheese curls--anything to avoid looking at her past. With 50 pounds to lose, she knows she s become a huge disappointment to her mother, and herself. An unlikely friendship with her 93-year-old neighbor gives Diana the courage to shed the bulky barrier she has put between herself and the world, and soon, she s getting attention from a certain pool-playing god at a local singles bar. But after the unspeakable happens, Diana begins to examine her past and finds that losing it is the only way she can truly be free. In this debut novel, Lindsay Faith Rech weaves subtle beauty and wit with honesty and hope, as Diana breaks through the burdens of the past and becomes the sexy siren she was born to be.

Reviews

At 32, Diana Christopher is not where she wants to be. Overweight and lonely, she hates her waitress job and is tired of being nagged by her mother about her weight. Diana's only friend is her 93-year-old neighbor, Mrs. Bartle, who is always ready with a plate of cookies and good advice. After a cancer scare turns out to be a false alarm, Diana determines to change her life. She starts to lose weight and sets her sights on a sexy pool player at the local bar. And then a guy from her past reappears: Barry, the man she lost her virginity to, who just happens to be Mrs. Bartle's great-nephew. Now divorced and the head of his own company, Barry is a far cry from the irresponsible young man who shared just one night with Diana. Diana and Barry work toward a friendship, but several major setbacks threaten to undo all of Diana's hard work . . and worse. A thoroughly lovable heroine anchors Rech's sweet debut. Kristine Huntley
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Edition details

• Publisher: Red Dress Ink
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0373250371
• ISBN 13: 9780373250370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288