Title: A Remarkable Book
Product review: Stick Figure is a remarkable book, both deeply disturbing and humorous in turn. Perhaps the most compelling aspect of Gottlieb's story is the voice in which it is told. The author is an intelligent, perceptive and fiesty eleven-year-old that tells things exactly as they are. These qualities are the source of many funny episodes as Lori, in demanding the same verbal honesty from others, exposes the hypocrisy of adults around her. Sadly though, they also, I suspect, contribute to her undoing. Reading everything from her mother's magazines to Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Lori seeks to emulate her older role models and becomes so obsessed with dieting and looking thin, she ends up in the hospital. Fortunately for her, and for us, she recovers and lives to tell her story. I enjoyed this book immensely.
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