National Book Critics Circle Award Finalistįrom Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist, a memoir in weight about eating healthier, finding a tolerable form of exercise, and exploring what it means to learn, in the middle of your life, how to take care of yourself and how to feed your hunger. Clara Boza, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC Reading Hunger is uncomfortable, illuminating, and necessary.” “Brave, heartbreaking, and unflinching, this is a powerful examination of how trauma scars our bodies, how our bodies betray us in return, and how even the most well-meaning among us participate in shaming those whose differences make us uncomfortable. Todd Miller (M), Arcadia Books, Spring Green, WI Summer 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List You'll have another chance tomorrow - just remember to like yourself enough to overcome the fear of healing and try again. When you decide that this is the day you're going to change and you get out of bed and fail, that's pretty normal. The descriptions of addictive behavior and the journey to want to heal make this book more universal than I expected. It's about our obsession with body weight and body image, what happens when we internalize our pain and become self-destructive, and how very, very large people are treated in humiliating ways. “This memoir is about trauma and privilege, self-loathing, and a silent fear kept secret for far too long. First up: two short stories by Alice Munro.Īnd if you're curious, here is our current Spring 2013 catalog. We thought we'd open the discussion to our friends on Goodreads-hence the Editor and Author Book Club. Welcome to our Goodreads Group for The Penguin Press! We like to say that we publish "ideas that matter and storytelling that lasts," and some of our Welcome to our Goodreads Group for The Penguin Press! We like to say that we publish "ideas that matter and storytelling that lasts," and some of our recent books include work by Zadie Smith, Nate Silver, Gavin Newsom, David Nasaw, and Ali Smith.Īs you might imagine, our offices are filled with debates about our favorite books and short stories. But still, the writing is so beautiful it’s easy to forgive a minor obsession.more
As a whole this is a book about a woman affirming her place in the world and the complicated journey she took to get there. There is a lot of intellectual wandering in these essays and also self-examination. In an essay about a home of her own, there is an incredible description of a perfect house in Tallahassee where a woman can live happily, alone.
The essays often end in unexpected places and rarely give you the finitude you want. Hauser has a very appealing narrative voice. The essays often end in unexpected pl The title essay of The Crane Wife is an elegant masterpiece and the essays around it are equally well-crafted and compelling. The title essay of The Crane Wife is an elegant masterpiece and the essays around it are equally well-crafted and compelling. Regardless, this novel is wholly engrossing. Her love life was a mess in that both of the men were too narrowly drawn so it was hard to believe either of them as a potential anything. I wanted some of Liz’s story to be more fully developed too. The way the novel shifts is, at times, unsatisfying in that I really wanted more of Liz’s grandparents’ story. Luz and her best friend Lizette and her brother Diego, her aunt Maria Josie, are all compelling and I would have read an entire novel about any of them. Luz, the young woman at the center of this novel, is trying to figure out who she is and what she wants in a deeply segregated Denver. The characters There is so much to love about this saga told across three generations of a Mexican American family. There is so much to love about this saga told across three generations of a Mexican American family. Cut it! The ending is a bit rushed after so much space five. And chapter 46 is basically an essay in the middle of a novel, an important essay but in the novel it’s clear the author is speechifying. At times some of the humor was repetitive. Loves his relationship with his father and his boss Ethan. We know everything there is to know about him. The novel is brash and Elliott, the protagonist is almost obsessively drawn. We know ev This novel has a unique point of view- a disabled gay man who basically blows up his life trying to figure out how to be. This novel has a unique point of view- a disabled gay man who basically blows up his life trying to figure out how to be. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars