false<![CDATA[Skinny]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175021861m/468657.jpg4686574<div><div><i>Do you ever get hungry? Too hungry to eat?</i><br> <br>Holly’s older sister, Giselle, is self-destructing. Haunted by her love-deprived relationship with her late father, this once strong role model and medical student, is gripped by anorexia. Holly, a track star, struggles to keep her own life in balance while coping with the mental and physical deterioration of her beloved sister. Together, they can feel themselves slipping and are holding on for dear life. <br> <br>This honest look at the special bond between sisters is told from the perspective of both girls, as they alternate narrating each chapter. Gritty and often wryly funny, <i>Skinny </i>explores family relationships, love, pain, and the hunger for acceptance that drives all of us. </div></div>31626802004Skinnytotal:380|5:81|4:90|3:127|2:57|1:25|38012856928231falsefalseFri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008Wed Oct 29 19:23:34 -0700 2008Wed Oct 29 19:26:40 -0700 2008once
English 11, p.2 Independent reading project
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Skinny, by Ibi Kaslik, reveals the conflict of a young adult and her sister struggling with they’re own individual issues that are somehow connected. Giselle...more...]]>
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Skinny was a painful book to read. Painful because its depressing and tragic. When I first picked it up, and read the back, I thought 'a book about a girl with bulimia... must have a good ending.' I thougtht 'a book about bulimia would be an easy book to review, because I could say I lea...more...]]>
31falsefalseWed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008Tue Nov 25 18:41:44 -0800 2008Tue Dec 23 23:06:04 -0800 2008 There are a lot of disturbing passages in the book. The main character, Giselle, has somewhat of a split-personality in which the crazy version of herself taunts her repeatedly to be thin.
The sister undergoes a lot...more...]]>
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40falsefalseFri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Aug 26 14:03:39 -0700 2009Wed Aug 26 14:13:18 -0700 2009 two sisters tell the story - gizelle and holly, daughters of first generation hungarian immigrants. a tale of how people deal with trauma, adolescence and being d...more...]]>
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00falsefalseFri Oct 30 22:45:42 -0700 2009Fri Oct 30 22:46:23 -0700 2009 At first I was a little confused by what was going on because I couldn't tell which parts were flash backs but eventually I got there and understood the plot really well.
The two main characters Giselle and Holly, were both really well writte...more...]]>
40falsefalseTue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Jun 17 15:42:09 -0700 2009Tue Jun 30 11:25:04 -0700 2009 Sisters who really couldn't be more different.
Giselle: the oldest, the perfectionist, haunter by her relationship with her dead father.
Self-destructing in record time.
Holly: the youngest, the track star, daddy's little girl.
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Skinny is about a Hungarian-American 22 year old girl, Giselle being sent out of med school while trying to fight a battle with anorexia. While Giselle is trying to get better she discovers another Giselle inside of her that is causing the pain in her life. The setting is Montreal...more...]]>
31falsefalseTue Oct 16 10:46:50 -0700 2007Fri May 02 07:44:42 -0700 200840falsefalseWed Apr 22 09:48:45 -0700 2009Wed Apr 22 09:51:31 -0700 2009 Each chapter is written from the two girls perspective on the life altering events that occur. The father's death and the impact it has on their life, the mother who isn't a...more...]]>
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20falsefalseWed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009Tue Jan 06 11:38:55 -0800 2009Wed Jan 07 11:50:53 -0800 20091 it's about two sisters, one whom is an anorexic. it's told from both sisters points of view, alternating chapters...more...]]>
30falsetrueWed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sun Sep 21 22:44:22 -0700 2008Wed Oct 01 17:57:57 -0700 2008
bad book, by any stretch of the imagination. It starts out very strong and emotional, but then dwindles towards the end. The book starts out very real, very powerful, but towards the end things just don't sit right and it becomes more of a chore to read than a pleasure.
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50falsefalseSun May 11 23:06:57 -0700 2008Sun May 11 23:07:10 -0700 2008 Giselle is an intelligent, over-achieving medical student who is self-destructive and tormented by her relationship with her dead father. Holly is a blossoming young track star that struggles academically for several reasons, including t...more...]]>
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Skinny was about two sisters, Giselle and Holly, struggling to keep themselves together. Giselle was a med student and a role model to Holly. Her love-deprived relationship with her late father fuels her battle with anorexia. Holly is a natural born athlete; she runs track, plays basketball and j...more...]]>
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50falsefalseMon Aug 03 12:30:47 -0700 2009Sun Aug 09 15:15:58 -0700 2009 I can connect this to my life because siste...more...]]>
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My friend gave me this book to read but warned me it wouldn't be good... but of course i didn't listen. I have to say that i got lost in this book, maybe because of the switching characters, maybe because of me just starting to be a young reader....more...]]>
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