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Narrator threw me off

Revisado: 09-15-19

The narrator is an older woman while the story is that of a woman in her early 20s, but because the author’s age isn’t discussed early on in the book I thought for a while that it was the story of a woman in her 40s or 50s because of the narrator. Poor choice and it threw me off throughout the book. Overall it was a good story however.

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Not an eating disorder memoir

Revisado: 12-16-16

This book is sold as an eating disorder memoir, but it's much closer to a memoir of Sheila Himmel's life and illustrious food writing career, which happened to be heavily affected by her daughter's eating disorder. Large portions of the book are devoted to Sheila's childhood, career path, professional accomplishments, and in-depth looks at her mindset and point of view, whereas we catch what seem like only superficial glances into her daughter's experience of her eating disorder or treatment. Events that you might expect to be detailed and analyzed by Lisa -- her hospitalizations, her relapses, for instance -- are instead mostly explained from an outside perspective by her mother. Other events, such as Sheila's investigative story on a restaurant which served pork passed off as veal, were told in much greater detail. There are also lengthy chapters solely discussing cultural phenomena around eating (not even eating disorders) and ED treatment. These chapters might be more valuable if they came from studied experts in the field of eating disorders as opposed to this random mom who had one experience with her child and decided she knew everything.

Hungry is strangely organized, unfocused, slow-paced, and irritating. Do not read this if you are interested in an eating disorder memoir and/of insights into the mind of a sufferer.

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