wry, insightful narration expounds on the inanities of the daily calculus of diet planning with hilariously cringy detail. Cheat Day is well-written and features quirky characters and a fun setting.' -Seattle Book Review 'Stratman debuts with a sweet, smart account of one woman's attempt to add some spark and direction to her humdrum everyday. This book is sexy and funny, but also very perceptive.' -Rachel Krantz, Buzzfeed 'There is something in this book that most women can relate to at some time in their life. You'll eat it up.' -HelloGiggles 'A smart escape-the kind of book you devour in a day or two, but not because it's literary cotton candy. Review Quotes 'An intimate exploration of the wellness movement-and the dangers of restricting ourselves from pleasure.' -Jane Starr Drinkard, Vulture 'A witty, knowing tale about what it means to grow up.' -People Magazine 'Funny and sharp.' -The Millions 'A darkly funny novel about hunger, indulgence, and self-control. Told in precise, intimate detail, Cheat Day is 'an incredibly likable novel of hungers controlled and liberated, and marriage's gray areas' (Booklist) that explores monogamy versus monotony, deprivation versus indulgence, and limitations of modern wellness. Kit suppresses her guilt by obsessing over her diet, pushing herself in greater extremes. Unable to resist their mutual attraction, Kit and Matt soon begin a passionate affair. Hungry in more ways than one, she soon falls into a flirtation with a carpenter named Matt who is building new shelves for the bakery kitchen.

Their latest program is the Radiant Regimen, an intense cleanse, and Kit is optimistic about embarking on a new chapter of healthy eating and self-control. Kit finds a fraught solace in cycling through fad diets, which David, in his efforts to be supportive, follows along with her. She keeps quitting her job managing her sister's bakery to seek a more ambitious profession, but fear of failure always brings her back to Sweet Cheeks. While David has a successful career, jetting off on work trips to exciting destinations, Kit is stuck in a loop. Now married and in their thirties, they live in Kit's childhood home in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Book Synopsis This clever and witty debut novel about the unexpected consequences of one woman's attempt to exert control over her life by adhering to a strict wellness routine is 'the kind of book you devour in a day or two.sexy and funny, but also very perceptive' (BuzzFeed). About the Book Hungry in more ways than one, Kit, while on a seventy-five day cleanse, falls into a passionate affair with a carpenter, and to suppress the guilt of betraying her husband, adheres more and more strictly to the Radiant Regimen, pushing the diet, and her infidelity, to greater extremes.

Cheat day by liv stratman