Better than a strawberry meringue pie!

This book is like a strawberry meringue pie! To the eye it seems deliciously sweet and indulgent, pure chick lit escapism. But to make a good meringue you have to beat eggs until they are stiff and our poor heroine Ellie is being beaten by circumstances. Her husband divorced her for being too fat, her boyfriend doesn’t want to sleep with her and her career isn’t exactly setting the world on fire.

But what is upsetting Ellie the most is that she is letting her body confidence be destroyed by this. Sure she’s bigger than your average chick lit star, 3 times bigger. But she wants to be celebrating her curves not hating herself. She saw her best friend driven to suicide by the pressure to be physically perfect and she vowed she would stand loud and proud to honour her.

Ellie’s determination is aided by her two best friends Zoe and Lauren. Fabulous gorgeous women who are also plus-sized and help her launch the Viva Voluptuous campaign designed to help improve body confidence for larger women.