{"product_id":"9780062362599","title":"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a woman who describes her own body as “wildly undisciplined,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. In \u003cb\u003eHunger,\u003c\/b\u003e she casts an insightful and critical eye on her childhood, teens, and twenties—including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life—and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen. \u003cb\u003eHunger\u003c\/b\u003e is a deeply personal memoir from one of our finest writers, and tells a story that hasn’t yet been told but needs to be.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015648821488,"sku":"9780062362599","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062362599_p0.jpg?v=1763630730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062362599","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}