Its a joy to read such sharply intelligent writing on a subject where critical thinking is rarely found; a consoling and enraging book in which thoughtful readers will find fellowship. -- Sarah Moss, author of The Fell A compassionate dive into the disordered eating . . . enters the ED discourse like a red-bound blaze of light * Vogue * With fierce wit, excavating curiosity, and a heart fully surrendered to her subject, Clein writes about eating disorder culture from the inner reaches of what this culture has wrought. This book is electric with insight, and suffused with a strange, stubborn tenderness - a deep regard for what intimacy, hope and resistance might look like in a world where women are taught to devote their lives to destroying themselves. -- Leslie Jamison, author of The Recovering Dead Weight is a meticulously researched and carefully told exploration of eating disorders and how they pervade our culture. Emmeline Clein has handled this volatile, complex topic with a grace and kindness that is so often missing from discussions of eating disorders. It feels like talking about recovery with a very smart friend who knows what youve been through and wants the best for you. -- Marianne Eloise, author of Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking A lyrical and scrupulously researched portrait of disordered eating in its many manifestations . . . An authoritative, generous and persuasive debut that I wish I could go back in time and gift to my teenage self. -- Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood This book is a bomb, made of all of the fury and intensity of any girl who wonders what exactly they are hungering for. Joan Didion of the Tumblr era. This manifesto is meant to be devoured, in all of its witty, compassionate, feverish, elegantly argued brilliance. -- Kate Zambreno, author of Heroines Urgent, intense, and often captivating . . . A book that deserves attention. -- Starred review * Kirkus * Clein writes with flash and drama ( and) critiques with clarity and nuance. She cant look away, and her writing asks that we dont, either. * Booklist * Canny . . . persuasive . . . a personal testimony and cultural analysis. * The New Yorker * At once sweeping and incisive, Cleins book positions eating disorders within histories of capitalism, technology, popular culture and social media. * Los Angeles Review of Books * A dense, complex collection . . . earnest in its pursuit of a healthier society. * Elle * With compassion and rage ( Clein) wrestles with the root causes of the ongoing eating disorder epidemic. * Time * A book you must read . . . It is, in its broadest sense, a hopeful book offering an alternative, communitarian way of existing in our bodies and in the world. * Jezebel *
