{"product_id":"hunger-tpb-z44","title":"Roxanne Gay: Hunger [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\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. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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. As 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 \u003ci\u003eHunger,\u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e","brand":"Gay, Roxanne","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":47147075305811,"sku":"XE81472151117","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47631445786963,"sku":"XV81472151117","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":42043310145721,"sku":"9781472151117","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/gay-roxanne-roxanne-gay-hunger-2017-paperback-54250593845587.jpg?v=1706633625","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/hunger-tpb-z44","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}