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April 27, 2010
'Someone should canonize this book. 'The perfect combination of health advice and spirituality' is still a pathetically inadequate description of this offering by Joanne Fedler, author of Secret Mothers' Business. It is a golden nugget of autobiography, spiritual wisdom and health. Think Eat, Pray, Love but less self-centred. For the reader, the story begins when Fedler visits the Food Fascist, a personal weight loss manager who kickstarts her journey to lose the kilos acquired during her life as a South African human rights lawyer and mother of two children. For Fedler, the story begins when she is eight years old, pleading with God to bring her parents home safely in a storm. As the author leads the reader back and forth through moments of enlightenment, burden, devastating terror, genuine humour and everyday life, we being to see that weight loss - and spiritual enlightenment - has more to do with letting go of a life of accumulated hurt and untruth than detox diets. This book will appeal to women of all ages - and body-conscious young women should take it to heart. If Fedler's wisdom doesn't sell this book, her humour and charm will.'
Rebecca Butterworth, Australian Bookseller and Publisher