| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
306 pages ; 22 cm |
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Americans |
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Overweight people |
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Haitian Americans |
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African Americans |
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Illinoisians |
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Women |
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University and college faculty members |
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age Children |
| Physical Medium |
regular print |
| Summary |
"New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a woman who describes her own body as 'wildly undisciplined,' Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger, she casts an insightful and critical eye on her childhood, teens, and twenties--including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life--and brings readers into 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 tells a story that hasn't yet been told but needs to be"--Publisher's description |
| Subject |
Gay, Roxane.
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Gay, Roxane. |
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Body image.
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Body image. |
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Eating disorders -- Biography.
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Eating disorders. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Discrimination against overweight persons -- United States.
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Discrimination against overweight persons. |
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United States. |
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Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Biography.
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Adult child sexual abuse victims. |
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Sexually abused children -- Mental health.
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Sexually abused children -- Mental health. |
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Body image -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Title |
Memoir of (my) body |
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Memoir of my body |
| ISBN |
9780062362599 (hardcover) |
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0062362593 (hardcover) |
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9780062569714 (paperback) |
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0062569716 (paperback) |
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9780062747914 (BAM signed edition) |
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9780062747891 (B & N signed edition) |
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9780062792174 (Indigo signed edition) |
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9780062569714 (international edition) |
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