Elevation

Elevation
by Stephen King

Scott looks the same, but he's not.  He has been steadily losing weight, the scale keeps saying he is lighter, but he looks the same.  It doesn't matter how much he eats, he consistently keeps dropping weight.  

Meanwhile, he is having problems with his neighbors.  Their dog is pooping in his yard and they are not picking it up.  He tries to discuss this with his neighbors, one is friendly, one is not.  His neighbors are having their own problems.  They recently opened a restaurant that is struggling; the tourists are happy to visit, but the locals don't go there, which leaves them in a bind as the tourists season is ending.  They are the talk of the town because they are married lesbians and people in town don't agree with that.

It was a short book, I would call it a novella, but it was pretty good.  Interesting.  At first how exciting to be losing weight, but then so odd that you look the same.  Then it's scary for Scott.  What is going to happen to him?  He also befriends his neighbors and helps them out,  he basically shows others around town that his neighbors are okay and they actually try the restaurant and discover it's actually pretty good.