A powerful story of sister, obsessions and family secrets.
"Do you ever get hungry?" Giselle asks her younger sister, Holly. "Too Hungry to eat?" Giselle is 22, a top medical student and a functioning anorexic. Except now, driven by the pressures of school, and haunted d by her late father's rejection of her, Giselle is no longer functioning. Holly, a 14-year-old track star, can see that Giselle is going to have to confront the memory of their father if she wants to get better. It seem easier for Holly -- she sweats through life's problems -- but now even she feels burdened by the past.
'Skinny' is the lyrically written, heartbreakingly honest story of two sisters struggling to come to terms with their adult selves. A gritty and often wryly funny look at growing up, the messy family bounds of love and pain, and the hunger for acceptance that drive us all. 'Skinny' strikes home hard, a novel that enters a young woman's world and comes out the other side with resonance and grace.
