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Food has always been a pleasure and a curse for 26-year-old Frannie and the women of her family. Raised by a mother obsessed with the ritual of dieting, a woman seemingly more in love with food than with her daughters, Frannie and her younger sister, Shelly, have undergone a lifetime of fat camps and Weight Watchers programs and have experienced the sugar high of consuming a box of Girl Scout cookies, the illicit thrill of midnight binges, and the triumph of fitting into a pair of size 6 jeans. Frannie's family acts as if this fascination with food is normal, until Shelly takes dieting too seriously and descends into the nightmare of a life-threatening eating disorder. With devastating insight, Jillian Medoff looks deep into the heart of an American family and emerges with a first novel that is at once heartbreakingly honest, wickedly funny, and wonderfully life-affirming: a warm, witty, and perceptive look at a tough yet tender young woman struggling to understand a younger sister battling anorexia and bulimia, bewildered parents who have grown apart, and her own despair at ever finding the right job, boyfriend, or place of her own.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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captivating story that offers a reader a dialogue to live by. growing up is hard - but getting a sense of yourself is harder. Medoff takes on subject matter that is not only difficult but timely. As we rejoice with Frannie, feel for Shelley, or want to dine with Marsha, Hunger Point wraps up all of what it means to love another person and, just as important, love yourself. Three million cheers for Medoff - cant wait to see what else is on her plate.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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"Part I" of this book felt forced and contrived. I was rolling my eyes as I read through the cliches and corny phrases that real people do not actually use. Another annoying habit of the author is the unbelievable amount of cursing in this book--practically every character says the f-word every couple of pages! However, I felt that Part II of the book made up for the awkward beginning. Without giving the plot away, I will state that the author provides a unique perspective on anorexia--particularly with respect to how friends and families are touched by the individual sufferer. Some sections from the second-half are amazing and incredibly well-written. As I was reading, I felt that only someone who has intimately experienced disordered eating could express and convey such complicated issues, and my hunch was confirmed when I later read that Medoff herself once endured and then conquered her eating disorder.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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My girlfriends and I all agree this is the best book we've read in a long time. I recommend it all the time to other women--it's really not a book that men will relate to very much, I think.
The characters are fabulous and interesting, and the dynamic in the family is believable. I found that many of the themes and situations depicted resonated in my own life.
I can't wait for another novel from this incredibly talented author! If I could write a book, this would be it...
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loved it, loved it, loved it!!!!
This was one of the best books I've read in a very long time! Thank God for the very few Gen-X writers we have, and please, God, send us some more! Read more
Published on 17 Sep 1998
i'm left awe-struck
this book was unbelieveable. I was through the book before I knew it had bugun. I could barley put it down. I read it on a 26 hour train ride and was up all night reading. Read more
Published on 31 May 1998
Funny, sad, utterly compelling characters.....
At first i didnt know if i was going to be able to get through this book, not because the subject matter, but the delicious looking cake on the cover. Read more
Published on 8 April 1998
Eye-opening, heartbreaking and soul-searching- loved it
This book touched me in so many places- I think everyone can relate to Frannie and even Shelly at some time- it made me laugh out loud and it made me ache inside at times- but it... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 1998
I Highly Recommend This Novel
From beginning to end, I was so interested in these characters and their stories. They became very real to me. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 1998
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