Hunger
A Memoir of (My) Body
Recommended by Brene Brown, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #15 in Eating Disorder, Ranked #29 in Memoir — see more rankings.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.
“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.”
In her phenomenally popular essays and... more
“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.”
In her phenomenally popular essays and... more
Reviews and Recommendations
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Brene Brown This book will take your breath away with its truth-telling. A searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Hunger is ranked in the following categories:
- #44 in 2017
- #98 in Author Biography
- #46 in Black Author
- #31 in Feminism
- #64 in Gender
- #69 in Recovery
- #33 in Trauma
- #47 in Trigger Warning
- #75 in Weight Loss
- #71 in Women
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