Hunger Point: A Novel - Softcover

Medoff, Jillian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061012270 ISBN 13: 9780061012273

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

When Shelly is committed to a psychiatric hospital after being diagnosed with two severe eating disorders, her sister Frannie tries to cope with feelings of confusion and resentment and her own unsuccessful life, while attempting to maintain her family, mental stability, and sense of humor. Reprint.

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Review:

"[Hunger Point] confronts the terrors of anorexia and other modern ills with empathy and understanding."--People

"Wonderfully obsessive...bitterly funny."--Vanity Fair

"Recklessly candid."--New York Times

"Memorable...Frannie [is an] appealing character whose story is engaging."--Publishers Weekly

"This fine first novel is so winning and funny, you'll laugh instead of cry."--Mademoiselle

From the Back Cover:

For the women in Frannie Hunter's family, food is sort of a religion. Frannie and her genius younger sister, Shelly, have felt that 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.

All of which seems perfectly normal until Shelly takes dieting a step too far and descends into a nightmare battle with anorexia and bulimia. When Shelly is sent to a psychiatric hospital, Frannie fells confused and angry. She wants to understand and help her sister, but she's already drowning in her own nowhere life. As Frannie struggles to keep her sanity, her wicked sense of humor and her family intact, she gradually begins to discover the awful truth -- that eating isn't the answer, and the only way up is out.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0061012270
• ISBN 13: 9780061012273
• Binding: Paperback