Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
By Roxane Gay
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Non-fiction
Genre: memoir, mental health
Read on 2019-05-02
View additional specs on this book in Muhan’s 2019 Reading Survey ➞
★★★★☆
“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.”
Writing this review almost two months after reading it. It is all the wonderful powerful things people say it is. I think I gave it 4-stars because I found the experience of reading about this subject matter difficult. Also because the writing was repetitive which I’m sure is an intentional stylistic choice but one that I also didn’t personally enjoy. This is the first thing of Roxane Gay’s that I’m reading so I’m still discovering what her range is like; this is such a specific type of memoir and writing that I’m sure her other less personal work will be different. Look forward to reading more of her stuff.
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