Hunger Point

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Food has always been a pleasure and a curse for Frannie Hunter and the women in her family. Sent to fat farms at the age of 10, forced to listen to her mother talk obsessivly about food, and witness to her younger sister, Shellys, eating disorders, Frannie has grown into a sarcastic, confused woman who rages against her family, society, and her own body. When Shelly dies, Frannie is forced to reexamin her complicated relationships with family, and look at her own life in a new way.

Heartbreakingly honest yet full of hope, humor, and ultimate happiness, Hunger Point is the story of a survivoran ordinary young woman thrust into extraordinary circumstances who learns to trust herself after a lifetime if self-doubt.

Reviews

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

"Recklessly candid." -- New York Times

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

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

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

Author Bio

Jillian Medoff is the acclaimed author of the national bestseller I Couldn't Love You More, as well as the novels Hunger Point and Good Girls Gone Bad. Her first novel, Hunger Point, was adapted into an original Lifetime movie. She has an MFA from NYU and has studied with writers including Mona Simpson, Jonathan Dee, and Alice Walker, and taken master classes with Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Grace Paley.