Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Ratings7
Average rating4.4
A powerful memoir. Definitely triggering for a lot of reasons, yet important to be read.
A complicated, messy 3.
Somethings I wholeheartedly agreed with, others things respectfully disagreed, and others still I vehemently disagreed or was perhaps misunderstanding her.
What I thought I was going to get was a memoir on food and fat shaming in our society. What I actually got is a journey that broke my heart in so many different ways. This wasn't just about food and how society portrays women. It was about a horrific event that occurs to the author when she was young, how she had nothing and no one to turn to...except food. How food sheltered her and made her feel safe. How that safety hurt more than helped and how she managed to find the strength to push through it all and survive.
I could not imagine experiencing what this author did at the age of 12!!! The years after, how she coped, how lonely she felt... completely tore open my heart. How she managed to move forward, even as she ate to feel secure, is nothing short of amazing. The only reason I gave this a 4 instead of 5 stars is that it does become repetitive. I'm in no way discounting her story, her feelings, or what she went through but restating her thoughts over and over in varying ways took away from the book overall.