The Weight Loss Club: The Curious Experiments of Nancy Housing Cooperative

Set in a middle-class housing colony, this is the story of stay-at-home mum Monalisa, who cannot clean the kitchen counter enough times, Meera, who is bullied constantly by her traditional mother-in-law, college-going Abeer, who isn't sure how to impress the glamorous Mandy, academic Aparajita, who has no takers on the marriage mart, philosopher Ananda, whom no one takes seriously and Treeza, a former school secretary now sunk in gloom. Into their midst arrives Oxford-returned Sandhya - half hippie, half saadhvi, full spiritual guru. Under her aegis is formed The Weightoss Club, throwing theives of our heroes and heroines into utter and delightful disarray. But while chemistry brews and equations change, one question remains who is Brahmacharini Sandhya and why on earth has she moved into Nancy Housing Cooperative? Key Features A brilliantly written novel with an engaging storyline that focuses on the shedding of 'excess baggage' both physical and emotional this book will appeal to all readers of commercial fiction, especially women With engaging andoveable characters ranging from college students to housewives to well-settled professionals, The Weightoss Club will be of interest to readers between the ages of twenty-five and forty-five The book, despite being highly readable commercial fiction, touches on issues affecting people everywhere marital problems, post-partum depression, difficult relatives, surviving illnesses, natural healing, etc The Weightoss Club is one of Rupa'sead commercial fiction titles of the year and will have considerable marketing support behind it Devapriya Roy’ s previous book was very successful and made it to several bestsellersists across the country

Devapriya Roy has degrees in English literature and performance studies from Presidency College, Calcutta and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where she is pursuing a PhD on the Natyashastra (at least, that is what she says when asked what she does). Once upon a time, she was the Keo Karpin girl. Her first novel, The Vague Woman's Handbook, was published in 2011. She is currently working on The Heat and Dust Project, the story of a quirky journey through India on an extreme budget, along with her husband, Saurav Jha.