Amazon aralanbooks.com aralanbooks Category:  Humor Publisher: Gray Rabbit Publications ISBN-10:  161720062X Type: Fiction Pages: 240 Copyright: 2010 ISBN-13: 9781617200625 This is an old-fashioned love story of a large-sized Jewish woman and a huge-sized Italian guy. Mix this with a mystery and four nagging old women who wind up in a jail cell with a bunch of colorful prostitutes, and you have one hilarious story. Poor Sabina Sunday! She's 30 years old, 100 pounds overweight, an unwilling virgin, and an accountant in a modeling agency full of lovely, skinny women. To make matters worse, she lives with her nagging Jewish mother, who never lets her forget that she isn't married and is wrong about everything. But things look up one day when Sabina overhears her boss refer to her as "that fat sausage." That's when she joins Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and Overeaters, determined to shed the pounds and change her life. At her very first Weight Watchers meeting, she meets Thomas, a neurotic Italian shrink, who overeats to compensate for his inability to cope with his practice and the mysterious murder of two of his patients. As they conquer the scales together, Sabina and Thomas's friendship grows, but so do their problems. They find themselves stalked by a killer, and Sabina's mother and her denture-clacking cronies decide to get involved in the investigation, only to wind up in a prison cell filled with colorful prostitutes. You'll ache with sympathy for Sabina's battle with the bulge, shiver as she comes up against a murderer, and laugh as she and whole zany cast of characters get involved in one outrageious situation after another        Excerpt Dear Diary, I can't believe I'm writing in this stupid book, but I'll give it a shot because I have no one else to confide in, bitch to, and share my inner thoughts with. Besides, this may be better than talking to myself, and having people think I'm crazy. So here goes. I had a diet muffin and yogurt for breakfast this morning. (I'm starving) I went to the bookstore to buy some CPA exam books (I'm frightened about taking the test) and then I got my new office furniture that makes me feel like a top exec. (I still feel like a fat blimp, but the new furnishings make me feel a little better. Tonight I'm going to an OA meeting with Thomas (he's not a bad guy, but big as a whale, so I'm embarrassed walking beside him. Come to think of it, maybe it's not so bad because I feel rather small next to Thomas) After OA, I'm taking him out to dinner. (I must be desperate) Maybe I can ask him if he'll help me shop for a new computer, because I don't know diddly-squat about what kind of computer to buy. Same bullshit in the office, so I won't bore you with the details, but I'm kinda thinking that if I buy the computer, I'll check out the dating services so I'll be ready to join when I take off the weight. (Screw the waiting. Maybe I'll even answer one of the ads if I get up enough courage.) Bye for now, you stupid book. S.S.

Lis King -Archectural Digest - Rollicking Fun Story!
"A.R. Alan’s “Do I Flaunt My Fat, Or Jump Off A Bridge” is a rollicking fun story filled with outrageous characters who get themselves into outrageous situations. A must read."
Lis King

Couldn't put this funny book down until I finished it..
“Do I Flaunt My Fat, Or Jump Off A Bridge” was a totally insane, ridiculously funny, engaging story that hooked me from the very first to the last page. Every woman who’s ever been on a diet will relate to Sabina’s plight. This comedy mixed with murder and old-fashioned romance is chock full of belly laughs."
Carren Strock - Married Women Who Love Other Women

Outrageous and Wonderful Book
I couldn't turn the pages fast enough, and couldn't put the book down until I had finished it. The characters were outrageous, and I couldn't stop laughing.
Bunny Shulman - Author of "On My Eyes"