Karen Barber asked Claire Hennessy:

What would you say to those readers who have criticised the views expressed about obesity in 'Nothing Tastes As Good'?

Claire Hennessy Out of context, obviously some of the comments Annabel makes about weight and value are upsetting (and we don't necessarily know she's talking about clinical obesity, either - pretty much anyone who's not a stick figure is Too Much, as far as Annabel's concerned). In context - which should be pretty clear from the title, the cover, the blurb and the Hot Key topic wheel on the back cover - I hope they're a realistic insight into how someone very troubled thinks about weight. Annabel thought this way and she's dead. It's not exactly an advertisement for them. There's a real tendency in online discussions especially to take things out of context and get enraged by them, which I don't think is helpful - novels are novels, not pieces of journalism or manifestos.

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