{"product_id":"hunger-a-memoir-of-my-body-9780062362599","title":"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLambda Literary Award winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Roxane Gay, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eHunger, \u003c\/em\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. \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGay, Roxane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRoxane Gay is the author of the essay collection \u003cem\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller; the novel \u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ea finalist for the Dayton Peace Prize; the memoir \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller and received a National Book Critics Circle citation; and the short story collections \u003cem\u003eDifficult Women \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAyiti\u003c\/em\u003e. A contributing opinion writer to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, she has also written for \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e. Her fiction has also been selected for \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2012\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2014\u003c\/em\u003e, and other anthologies. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eWorld of Wakanda \u003c\/em\u003efor Marvel. She lives in Lafayette, Indiana, and sometimes Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409515974930,"sku":"9780062362599","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55d3bea3-8a81-4664-9a74-4a86fb72ce8d.jpg?v=1729289453","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hunger-a-memoir-of-my-body-9780062362599","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}