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Gay, Roxane,

Hunger : a memoir of (my) body / Roxane Gay. - First edition. - 280 pages ; 20 cm

Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties -- including the devastating act of violence that was a turning point at age 12 -- and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life. With candor, vulnerability, and authority, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen.

ISBN: 9781472153791 (pbk.) 9780062362599 0062362593

LCCN: 2017431118

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gay, Roxane.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Body image.
Eating disorders--Biography.
Discrimination against overweight persons--United States.
Adult child sexual abuse victims--Biography.
Sexually abused children--Mental health.
Overweight women--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
Eating disorders.
Body image.
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies.

LC Class. No.: BF697.5.B63 / G39 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4613 GAY / 023577