Today, Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of http://Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Helen Barer author of Fitness Kills.
Helen is a native New Yorker and has spent many years as a writer of non-fiction ranging from cookbooks to television documentaries.
Norm:
Good day Helen and thanks for participating in our interview.
Helen:
I’m delighted to have been invited.
Norm:
How did you happen to write a book about a fitness ranch in Baja and could you also tell us a bit about Fitness Kills?
Helen:
I’m a big fan of fitness spas – I’ve been going to one or another for more than 20 years. About 12 years ago, while struggling through an aerobics class at a spa in Baja California, I looked around and thought it was like being on a cruise ship. We’d all arrived on a Saturday, would leave the following Saturday, and in the meantime got to be intimate acquaintances.’
Fitness Kills is the story of Nora Franke,, a New York City food writer who having broken up with her boyfriend, and having gained weight as a result, accepted a temporary job as food consultant at such...