Dimensions
135 x 209 x 24mm
A Novel.
With the perfect mix of drama and humour, this novel is a timely portrait of a young woman's struggle with an anorexic younger sister, parents who have grown apart, and her own difficulty with dating, her career, her weight, and her life.
In this moving, utterly compelling novel, Jillian Medoff paints a vivid portrait of a tough yet tender young woman struggling to find herself as the world around her dissolves into chaos.
Food has always been a pleasure and a curse for twenty-six year old Frannie Hunter and the women in her family. Sent to fat farms at the age of 10, forced to listen to her mother talk obsessively about food, and witness to her younger sister, Shelly's, eating disorders, Frannie has grown into a sarcastic, confused woman who rages against her family, society, and her own body.
Shelly - an aspiring lawyer and the "brain" of the family - is finally hospitalised for her anorexia, and the family doesn't know how to cope. After being fired yet again, Frannie moves back to Long Island to live with her parents.
Unable to keep a job, find a boyfriend, or get along with her parents, Frannie is forced to find her own way of coping with her problems - food and sex.
