Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

'IateandateandateinthehopesthatifImademyselfbig,mybodywouldbesafe.IburiedthegirlIwasbecausesheranintoallkindsoftrouble.Itriedtoeraseeverymemoryofher,butsheisstillthere,somewhere....Iwastrappedinmybody,onethatIbarelyrecognizedorunderstood,butatleastIwassafe.'NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorRoxaneGayhaswrittenwithintimacyandsensitivityaboutfoodandbodies,usingherownemotionalandpsychologicalstrugglesasameansofexploringoursharedanxietiesoverpleasure,consumption,appearance,andhealth.Asawomanwhodescribesherownbodyas"wildlyundisciplined,"Roxaneunderstandsthetensionbetweendesireanddenial,betweenself-comfortandself-care.InHunger,shecastsaninsightfulandcriticaleyeonherchildhood,teens,andtwenties-includingthedevastatingactofviolencethatactedasaturningpointinheryounglife-andbringsreadersintothepresentandtherealities,pains,andjoysofherdailylife.Withthebracingcandor,vulnerability,andauthoritythathavemadeheroneofthemostadmiredvoicesofhergeneration,Roxaneexploreswhatitmeanstobeoverweightinatimewhenthebiggeryouare,thelessyouareseen.Hungerisadeeplypersonalmemoirfromoneofourfinestwriters,andtellsastorythathasn'tyetbeentoldbutneedstobe.