书目

TeenageWaistland

内容简介

"Youallbelievethatlosingone-hundred-pluspoundswillsolveeverything,butitwon’t.Somethingfarheavierisweighingonyou,anduntilyoudealwiththat,nothinginyourliveswillberight.”--BetsyGlass,PhD,atfirstweeklygroupcounselingsessionfortenseverelyobeseteensadmittedintoexclusiveweight-losssurgerytrialPatient#1:Female,age16,5'4",288lbs.Thrustintosize-zerosuburbanhellbyremarriedliposuctionedmom.Hatesnewschoolandskinnyboy-toystepsister.Bodysizeexceededonlybyherbigmouth.Patient#2:Male,age16,6'2",335lbs.All-starfootballplayer,butifhegets“girlsurgery,”ashisdadcallsit,he’llprobablygetbenched.Hasmoobies—maleboobies.ForgetaboutlosinghisV-card—he’sneverevenbeenkissed.Patient#3:Female,age15,5'6",278lbs.Morbidlyobeseandmorbid,livingalonewithseverelydepressedmotherwhowon’tleaveherbed.Bestandonlyfriendisanotherpatient,whosedarksecretthreatenseverythingPatient#3believesaboutlife.ToldinthevoicesofpatientsMarcieMandlebaum,BobbyKonopka,andAnnie“East”Itou,TeenageWaistlandisastoryofbetrayal,intervention,alife-alteringoperation,andhowalong-buriedtruthcanprovefarmoredevastatingthanthelayersoffatthatprotectit.ContainsanafterwordbyJeffreyL.Zitsman,MD,directoroftheCenterforAdolescentBariatricSurgeryatMorganStanleyChildren'sHospital

作者简介

LynnBiedermanisthecoauthoroftheacclaimedyoungadultnovelUnraveling,availablefromLaurel-Leaf.Shehasworkedasalibrarianandasalawyerandhasenjoyedintermittentperiodsofbeingaprofessionaltimewaster(whichrisestoaprofessionwhenoneexcelsatitasshedoes).Currently,Lynnisbackinthefieldoflawand,duringfreeplay,vacillatingbetweentwoobsessions—tennisandcooking.Amonghermanyincarnations,LisaPazerhasbeenaneconomistandeditor,aWallStreetanalystandmarketcommentator,aconsultantandlecturer,aninventorandentrepreneur.WithTeenageWaistland,Lisahasfinallycomehometoherfirstlove—fiction.

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