Skinny A Novel (p.S.) [Paperback]

“Skinnywill be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing,beautifully written women's fiction. —Allison Winn Scotch,New York Timesbestselling author ofTheOne That I WantandTime of My Life

Spechler…transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch. —Boston Globe

To escape thegrief she feels following her father’s death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers shehas her own demons to battle both emotionally and physically. InSkinny, the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly  humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechler—author ofWho ByFireand acontributor toRumpus Women Volume 1—a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup.

After her father’s death, twenty-six-year-old Gray Lachmann findsherself compulsively eating. Desperate to stop bingeing, she abandonsher life in New York City for a job at a southern weight-losscamp. There, caught among the warring egos of her devious co-counselor,Sheena; the self-aggrandizing camp director, Lewis; his attractive assistant,Bennett; and a throng of combative teenage campers, she is confronted by acaptivating mystery: her teenage half-sister, Eden, whom Gray never knewexisted. Now, while unraveling her father’s lies, Gray must tackle her ownself-deceptions and take control of her body and her life.

Visceral, poignant, and often wickedly funny,Skinnyilluminates a youngwoman’s struggle to make sense of the link between hunger and emotion, andto make peace with her demons, her body, and herself.

Add me to what is sure to be a very long list of Diana Spechler fans.Skinnywill be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smartlCÐ