{"product_id":"skinny-paperback","title":"Skinny - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Spechler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSkinny\u003c\/em\u003ewill be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing, beautifully written women's fiction.\" --Allison Winn Scotch, \u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of\u003cem\u003e TheOne That I Want \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Time of My Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spechler...transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo escape thegrief she feels following her father's death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers shehas her own demons to battle both emotionally and physically. In \u003cem\u003eSkinny\u003c\/em\u003e, the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechler--author of \u003cem\u003eWho ByFire\u003c\/em\u003e and acontributor to \u003cem\u003eRumpus Women Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e--a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her father's death, twenty-six-year-old Gray Lachmann findsherself compulsively eating. Desperate to stop bingeing, she abandonsher life in New York City for a job at a southern weight-losscamp. There, caught among the warring egos of her devious co-counselor, Sheena; the self-aggrandizing camp director, Lewis; his attractive assistant, Bennett; and a throng of combative teenage campers, she is confronted by acaptivating mystery: her teenage half-sister, Eden, whom Gray never knewexisted. Now, while unraveling her father's lies, Gray must tackle her ownself-deceptions and take control of her body and her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisceral, poignant, and often wickedly funny, \u003cem\u003eSkinny\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates a youngwoman's struggle to make sense of the link between hunger and emotion, andto make peace with her demons, her body, and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.02 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915286638908,"sku":"9780062020369","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/UEVRb3VSeVFIVDA2Tm56RGx3Q0ZRUT09.webp?v=1774361287","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/skinny-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}