{"product_id":"hunger-a-memoir-of-my-body","title":"Hunger : A Memoir of (My) Body","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew 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. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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 \u003cem\u003eHunger,\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith 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. \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roxane Gay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42401240056065,"sku":"9781472153791","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-152.png?v=1692717685","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/hunger-a-memoir-of-my-body","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}