The Pretty One

By: Jan Yager

Happily married with children, with a successful therapy practice and writing career—when she is interviewed on a major talk show to discuss her new bestseller. Novelist Jan Yager explores how success catapults Emily on a food binge. As her weight climbs over 200, Emily realizes she has to deal with the underlying causes to the compulsive overeating that she battles. This uplifting novel will forever impact how you view your own or someone else’s weight-related challenges.

About the Author

Jan Yager

Jan Yager, Ph.D. (the former J.L./Janet Barkas) is a writer, sociologist, consultant, professional speaker, artist, and publishing entrepreneur whose areas of expertise include relationships and business issues including time management and work relationships. Jan's first book published by Hannacroix Creek Books, Inc., Friendshifts®, based on fifteen years of original friendship research, led to interviews on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, The View , National Public Radio, and other programs. Other books include When Friendship Hurts (published by Simon & Schuster, Inc.) as well as two career books by Facts on File, Inc. A prolific writer of fiction as well as nonfiction whose books have been translated into 14 languages, she is co-author of two suspense thrillers, Untimely Death and Just Your Everyday People. For more information, go to: www.drjanyager.com.

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“Jan Yager brings to her study of an abused woman’s battles with eating disorders the experience and concerns of a professional.”

―Sidney Offit, author and President, Authors Guild Foundation 

“A moving, riveting novel.”

—Dr. Divya Kakaiya, Clinical Director, Healthy Within Treatment Center