Charlie Lovett: The Program
A new weight loss clinic in New York City has an offer for you -- given them $5,000 and they'll make you as thin as a supermodel. You can eat whatever you want and never gain an ounce. Tempted? Fledgling journalist Karen Sumner would be -- if only she had $5,000. When Karen finally walks through the blue and gold doors of The Program, however, she's on the trail of the hottest story of her career. If she and her friends are right, The Program is doing something even worse than creating an army of unnaturally thin women. Library Journal calls The Program "a lively first novel. Highly recommended."
Linda C Wisniewski: Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage
Even before she was diagnosed with scoliosis at 13, Linda Wisniewski felt off kilter. Born to a cruel father in the insulated Polish Catholic community of Amsterdam, New York, she learned martyrdom as a way of life. Off Kilter shows her learning to stretch her Self as well as her spine as she comes to terms with her mentally deteriorating, widowed mother and her culture. Only by accepting her physical deformity, her emotionally unavailable mother, and her Polish American heritage does she finally find balance and a life that fits. Maureen Murdock, author of Unreliable Truth: On Memoir & Memory, calls Off Kilter "a courageous, insightful book, particularly relevant for anyone who grew up feeling physically 'different.'"
Pat, Ballard: The Best Man
Sparks fly the night Lana Clarke meets to plan her sister's wedding -- and not just because curvaceous Lana announces she's stopped dieting and doesn't care if she's fat as maid of honor. The strong-willed sister of the bride attracts the attention of the groom's devastatingly handsome best man, Anthony Angelino. But when the sparks become flames, Lana's in trouble. Tony's first wife died mysteriously. Will Lana be next?
Judy Bagshaw: At Long Last, Love
Big beautiful --and in some cases slightly more mature -- heroines grace the pages of this collection of romantic short stories by Judy Bagshaw.
Jack Adler: Splendid Seniors
An inspiring ensemble of 52 people whose accomplishments after age 65 remind us that creativity, passion & influence can not only flower in later years, but bear delicious fruit.
Mary Saracino: The Singing of Swans
"The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and to reclaim our own inner voices!" --Margaret Starbird, author of The Woman With the Alabaster Jar & Mary Magdalene: Bride in Exile
Ellen Frankel: Beyond Measure: A Memoir About Short Stature and Inner Growth
"If you have ever measured your height or your weight and felt good or bad about yourself as a result, you need this book. In its pages, Ellen Frankel makes an important contribution to human liberation by telling the most fabulous story that can be told, the story of a person coming fully into her own. This book is thought-provoking, heart-rending, and a genuine solace for people of all sizes." --Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?
Pat Ballard: Abigail's Revenge
Injustice, romance and suspense smolder in a small Southern town. Romantic suspense from the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, Pat Ballard.
Pattie Thomas, Ph.D.: Taking Up Space
"Thomas's incisive blend of sociological inquiry and personal narrative amounts to a provocative treatise on fat oppression in our culture. Taking Up Space is a kind of roadmap through the minefield of the 'war on obesity,' and it offers protection to the reader ready to fight for cultural change surrounding the meaning of fatness." --Kathleen LeBesco, Ph.D., author of Revotling Bodies: The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity.
Anne Richardson Williams: Unconventional Means: The Dream Down Under
Shattered by family tragedy in the early 1960s, an upper-middle-class Southern teenager finds solace in art and literature. Decades later she is called to the continent whose literature once comforted her, and to a magical connection with an Aboriginal woman transcending race and half a world.
Pat Ballard: A Worthy Heir
When Pam Spencer sees the newspaper ad seeking "a worthy heir" to Fiona Bainbridge's millions, she jumps at the chance to get her brother the medical care he needs after a job-related accident. But Reese Bainbridge, Fiona's handsome grandson--and jilted heir--rushes home in anger when he hears his grandmother has moved Pam and her brother into the family mansion. Sparks fly--and Pam is up to the challenge.
Pat Ballard: His Brother's Child
One party, one silver-tongued, double-talking stranger intent on winning a bet, and Faith Carr ends up betrayed, alone, and pregnant. When Edward Brenner shows up on her doorstep intending to right his brother's wrongs, she's scared and vulnerable. But she agrees to marry this stranger to give the baby a father, although keeping him at a distance. She doesn't realize that Edward fell in love with her the moment he saw her. Will her battered self-esteem allow her to see the truth--and her own beauty?
Pat Ballard: Wanted: One Groom
Wealthy Hanna Rockwell will lose her home and her inheritance unless she marries by her 30th birthday. She's stunned when Matt Corbett, the faded rock start she worshipped in her teens, accepts her brother's offer to bail him out of financial trouble if he'll marry her. Her teenaged fantasies come to life--bringing a few surprises with them.
Pat Ballard: Nobody's Perfect
Nella Covington can't believe she's agreed to marry arrogant Samuel du Cannon, even if it IS only a marriage of convenience. He needs a mother for his young son, and she needs to keep her childhood home. If Sam's work keeps him on the road enough, she won't have to deal with him much. Sam's never been attracted to plus-size women, so they won't be tempted to have a real relationship. At least, that's what they keep telling themselves--
Pat Ballard: Dangerous Curves Ahead: Short Stories
Ten romantic tales pack suspense and sizzle into this collection of short stories featuring amply curved women.
May 6th is International No Diet Day!
So everyone take a break from those consuming thoughts of "What can I eat? What can't I eat?" and enjoy this day.
Pretend that you have the exact body that you want. Pretend that you don't have to worry about dieting.
Isn't that a freeing concept? Go with it. Enjoy!
Pat Ballard was a guest on Radio Free Nashville's Health At Every Size radio show (hosted by Peggy Elam, Ph.D.) this morning.
For a post on the show and link to the mp3 recording, click here.
Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, guested on the Health At Every Size Radio show with Dr. Peggy Elam
this morning. She spoke about her fall 2008 experiences with
gallbladder surgery, and how people of size can help ensure they
receive good medical care.
Listen to and/or download the mp3 recording of the show here. (Right click on the link and "save as" to download.)
The June 2007 issue of The Queen's Proclamation, the e-newsletter of Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances, has been published and is available online at http://www.pearlsong.com/proclamation/proclamation2007/proclamationjune2007.htm.
You can also access current and past issues of The QP at the Pearlsong Press newsletter archives: http://www.pearlsong.com/newsletterarchives.htm.
Enjoy!
Can't find your favorite Pat Ballard books at your local library? We've made it easy for you to request that they be added to their collection.
At the Library Book Request Form page on the Pearlsong Press website, you can find links to PDFs of Library Request Forms for each Pearlsong Press book.
Simply click on the book cover graphic or the book title to access the pertinent form, print it out, and fill in your information at the top. Then hand, mail or fax the completed form to your librarian.
Easy, huh? Thanks for supporting the Queen and her books!
Romantic suspense from the Queen of Rubenesque Romances is now available in Adobe Reader (PDF) eBook format!
Abigail's Revenge by Pat Ballard (published in original trade paperback by Pearlsong Press in October 2005) can now be purchased in eBook format & downloaded immediately from the Pearlsong Press website. The eBook version of Abigail's Revenge should soon be available at your favorite online eBook stores as well.
The 204-page ebook -- including a bonus of Pat's "10 Steps to Loving Your Body (No Matter What Size You Are" not in the original paperback -- retails for $5.95.
Abigail Avery was falsely convicted of the murder of her father and sent to prison when she was only 18 years old. The supposedly good citizens of Leaky Springs, MS were silent as an innocent young woman was orphaned, accused, swiftly tried and locked away. Her only clue in the travesty of justice is that a bunch of crooked "good ole boys" -- headed by the judge who presided at her trial -- keep pestering her to sell the family farm.
Now, a decade later, Abigail's out of prison and heading back to Leaky Springs. It won't be a pleasant homecoming. She's out for revenge on the people who stole 10 years of her life. Especially the judge.
"Pat Ballard has once again woven a tale intense with mystery, intrigue and romance," says Janet Elaine Smith, the bestselling author of Dunnottaur. "This is one that will keep you guessing..."
Read an excerpt online here.
October 18 is Love Your Body Day In 1998, NOW - National Organization for Women - designated October 18th to be Love Your Body Day. Love Your Body Day is to promote the importance of positive body images for women and girls. There is a lot of wonderfully encouraging information on their website. www.now.org
So, October 18th, and every day from now on, when you look in the mirror don't say, "I'm too tall, too short, too thin or too fat." Or any of the other many things that we love to say about and against ourselves. Just say, "Body, I love you because you're the vehicle that carries ME through each day. Thank you for that, and I love you just the way you are."
Ban on skinny models shocks fashion world
By Andrew Hay Tue Sep 12, 11:54
AM ET MADRID. (Reuters) - The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other catwalk pageants.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/en_nm/life_spain_models_dc
Ban on skinny models shocks fashion world
By Andrew Hay Tue Sep 12, 11:54
AM ET MADRID. (Reuters) - The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other catwalk pageants.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/en_nm/life_spain_models_dc
ATLANTA - In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary government figures released Wednesday showed that the annual number of deaths in the U.S. dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004 — the biggest decline in more than 60 years.
The 2 percent decrease, reported by the National Center for Health Statistics, comes as a shock to many, because the U.S. is growing in population, aging and getting fatter. In fact, some experts said they suspect the numbers may not hold up when a final report is released later this year.
Nevertheless,
center officials said the statistics, based on a review of about 90
percent of death records reported in all 50 states in 2004, were
consistent across the country and were deemed solid enough to report.
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