3D: Diet, Discipline & Discipleship

With all of the fads, trends and here-today-gone-tomorrow crazes of the diet industry, it's refreshing and reassuring to encounter a tried-and-true method. Carol Showalter's 1975 book, 3D: Diet, Discipline & Discipleship, which has already sold half a million copies and served as a manual for 3D church groups across the country, is being re-launched this month from Paraclete Press. Showalter's book is distinctive in that it is not just a diet book, with the usual recipes, testimonials and sample menus. It is first and foremost a candid spiritual autobiography, chronicling the author's religious journey and her struggles to overcome judgmentalism and lack of self-esteem. Showalter's forthright honesty about the ups and the downs of dieting, family life and her church community will resonate with many readers. ( Jan.)