Title: Poignant realistic look at women, food, & relationships
Product review: This first novel focuses on a young women literally at theend of her rope as she starves herself to death at an eatingdisorder clinic. Having suffered a heart attack, 25-year-old Alice has recovered enough to participate in therapy.The novel does a wonderful job of bringing out the ironiesof life at the clinic - there is real humor here. Theauthor also zeroes in on the issues of dependency,desperation, and desire that lie at the heart of those whostruggle with the role of food in their lives. Finally,Alice's relationships with the people in her life,a new arrival at the clinic, force her to confront herselfand her own desires.This novel is well-written, intense and yet evenly paced.The characters are entirely believable and theirpredicaments provide us with new insights into the tumoilthat causes and is caused by our rocky relationships withfood.Celia Rabinowitz
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