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Skinny : A Novel by Diana Spechler (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100062020366
ISBN-139780062020369
eBay Product ID (ePID)99596544
Product Key Features
Book TitleSkinny : a Novel
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Coming of Age, Jewish
Publication Year2011
GenreFiction
AuthorDiana Spechler
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
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ReviewsAdd me to what is sure to be a very long list of Diana Spechler fans. Skinny will be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing, beautifully written women's fiction., Spechler's meditation on the nature of hunger is both touching and surprising, as Skinny boldly explores the connection between our emotional and physical appetites. Her characters and their stories stayed with me long after I put her book down., Diana Spechler writes like a dream. In Skinny , she masterfully explores the relationship between food and pain, between love and heartbreak. And what Spechler most magically captures is the elusive feeling of longing. And how, on its other side, we sometimes find what we needed all along., "Add me to what is sure to be a very long list of Diana Spechler fans. Skinny will be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing, beautifully written women's fiction." -- Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of The One That I Want and Time of My Life "Spechler's meditation on the nature of hunger is both touching and surprising, as Skinny boldly explores the connection between our emotional and physical appetites. Her characters and their stories stayed with me long after I put her book down." -- Janelle Brown, bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything and This Is Where We Live "Diana Spechler writes like a dream. In Skinny , she masterfully explores the relationship between food and pain, between love and heartbreak. And what Spechler most magically captures is the elusive feeling of longing. And how, on its other side, we sometimes find what we needed all along." -- Laura Dave, author of The Divorce Party and London Is The Best City in America, 'Add me to what is sure to be a very long list of Diana Spechler fans. Skinny will be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing, beautifully written women's fiction.'(Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of The One That I Want and Time of My Life )
Synopsis"Skinnywill be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing,beautifully written women's fiction." -Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of TheOne That I Want and Time of My Life "Spechler…transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch." -Boston Globe To escape thegrief she feels following her father's death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers shehas her own demons to battle both emotionally and physically. In Skinny, the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechler-author of Who ByFire and acontributor to Rumpus Women Volume 1-a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup., "Skinnywill be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing,beautifully written women's fiction." --Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of TheOne That I Want and Time of My Life "Spechler...transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch." --Boston Globe To escape thegrief she feels following her father's death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers shehas her own demons to battle both emotionally and physically. In Skinny, the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechler--author of Who ByFire and acontributor to Rumpus Women Volume 1--a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup., " Skinny will be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing, beautifully written women's fiction." --Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of TheOne That I Want and Time of My Life "Spechler...transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch." -- Boston Globe To escape thegrief she feels following her father's death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers shehas her own demons to battle both emotionally and physically. In Skinny , the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechler--author of Who ByFire and acontributor to Rumpus Women Volume 1 --a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup.
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