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"I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I had been because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one I made but barely recognized or understood but of my own making. I was miserable, but I was safe."
In this intimate and searing memoir, the New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls "wildly undisciplined." She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties--including the devastating act of violence that was a turning point in her young life--and brings readers intwo the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life.
With the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen. Hunger is a deeply personal memoir from one of our finest writers, and it tells a story that hasn't yet been told but needs to be.
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- Title Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
- Author Roxane Gay
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, U. S. A.
- Date 2017-06-13
- ISBN 9780062362599 / 0062362593
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.7 x 1 in (20.83 x 14.48 x 2.54 cm)
- Reading level 980
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Body image, Eating disorders
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/15/2017, Page 10
- Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2017, Page 68
- Library Journal, 06/01/2017, Page 116
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 02/01/2017, Page 49
- Publishers Weekly, 05/15/2017, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 12/12/2017, Page 0
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