A Walk on the Wide Side

About the Book

The world is beginning to awaken to the fact that one does not have to be pencil thin to be fit, sleek to be sexy, or slender to be intelligent and taken seriously. The “big” news is leaking to the press and other media that the “normal” figure is much closer to a size 14 than to the size 6 we were led to believe was perfect. Through observations about mid-life expansion, anecdotes about our own own image conflicts, cartoons, and plump poetry, we acknowledge that one can be healthy and slightly hefty and still live a “full” life.

About the Author

Melva Michaelian is currently teaching college English, but she spent many years as a high school English and journalism instructor. She also served as an English Department chair and was appointed to committees to improve education in her district. A current member of Romance Writers of America, she has been writing since her elementary school days and has had numerous poems, short stories, and articles published in local and regional venues. With the completion of this current novel, Testing the Heart, Melva is now working on her next two projects. Lorene Morin is a former award winning English teacher and is at present working on writing as a second career. She has spent many years in urban classrooms and has instructed students in literature, technology, and composition. She has written education related material for school systems that at times resulted in grants being awarded to her school. Lorene has also been an advocate of students on professional and personal levels and is well known for her ability to tell a good story. Melva and Lorene have had success with their previously published book, A Walk on the Wide Side, a non-fiction, humorous collection of essays on the subject of weight gain, or “personal inflation.” They love writing humor, but the more serious subject of this novel led them to adopt the name Isabel Barry.