Food has always been a pleasure and a curse for 26-year-old Frannie and the women in her family. Sent to Weight Watchers at the age of 10, forced to listen to her mother talk incessantly about food, and to witness her sister's flirtation with eating disorders, Frannie has grown into a sarcastic, confused woman who rages against her family, society and her own body.
When her sister Shelly is hospitalized for anorexia, Frannie holes up at her parents' home on Long Island. She drifts along, unable to keep a job, find a boyfriend or get along with her parents, who have sunk deep into their own problems. Then, suddenly, Shelly kills herself, and Frannie is shocked out of her stupor and forced to look at her complicated relationships with her parents and her sister in a new way.
Heartbreakingly honest, yet full of hope and humor, Hunger Point is the story of an ordinary young woman thrust into extraordinary circumstances who, after a lifetime of self-doubt, learns how to trust and to love.
Genre: General Fiction
When her sister Shelly is hospitalized for anorexia, Frannie holes up at her parents' home on Long Island. She drifts along, unable to keep a job, find a boyfriend or get along with her parents, who have sunk deep into their own problems. Then, suddenly, Shelly kills herself, and Frannie is shocked out of her stupor and forced to look at her complicated relationships with her parents and her sister in a new way.
Heartbreakingly honest, yet full of hope and humor, Hunger Point is the story of an ordinary young woman thrust into extraordinary circumstances who, after a lifetime of self-doubt, learns how to trust and to love.
Genre: General Fiction
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