{"product_id":"9780425178904","title":"Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Alternate Selection of the Book of the Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Although it reads like a novel—a funny, touching, and absolutely gripping novel—\u003cb\u003eStick Figure\u003c\/b\u003e is, astonishingly, the diary of Lori Gottlieb in 1978, when, at age 11 and all evidence to the contrary, she decided she was too fat and simply stopped eating…”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in Beverly Hills in the 1970s, \u003cb\u003eLori Gottlieb\u003c\/b\u003e learned the lessons her culture had to teach her—for example, that “no one could ever like a girl with thunder thighs.” Lori took those lessons seriously, and saw her world fall slowly apart as she developed a fierce reluctance to eat—winding up hospitalized when her “diet” took over her life. Fortunately, she recorded the journey in her diary, and her story is funny, slyly insightful, and surprisingly universal. A \u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e bestseller, Lori’s story is being made into a motion picture film by \u003cb\u003eMartin Scorsese\u003c\/b\u003e’s company, Carpo Productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025154621680,"sku":"9780425178904","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780425178904_p0.jpg?v=1763699450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780425178904","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}