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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Roxane Gay

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Oct 04, 2017 Linda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: nonfiction, audio, ohio-e-book-project, 2017, memoir, daily-show

Well, this is my first Roxane Gay. It won't be my last. She is a strong confident voice even though many of the essays in this book said otherwise.
I'm eager to read her fiction. ...more

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Jul 08, 2017 Miri rated it it was amazing

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I don't think I've ever read a book like this before. Most memoirs of suffering or adversity seem very carefully filtered even if they are poignant, and at the conclusion it is always made obvious that the author has overcome whatever it was. Not so with Hunger. Although you do get to see Roxane move quite a distance along the path that she wants for herself, it's *not* sugar-coated, and the writing is very brutal, and there isn't a tidy ending.

Voices like hers are the voices we need more in co ...more

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Aug 07, 2017 Liz Murray rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-1-2-sittings, las-americas, cool-glass-of-water, african-diaspora, books-of-2017, haitian-diaspora, memoir-auto-biography

Simply brilliant. The most powerful memoir I've read. The intimacy and welcome Gay gives her readers here is compelling and life changing. I confronted many biases I have/had regarding women and their bodies. My thoughts meander a lot more now than before when faced with these biases. I can't pretend they are gone, but there is more complexity in my reactions. Gay has such a gift with words and this is like origami with folds here and there, revealing bit by bit, but not necessarily chronologica ...more

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Jan 26, 2018 Celeste rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2018

Such a powerful memoir. This needs to be read.

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Aug 09, 2017 Emilee rated it really liked it

This is a relentlessly cutting, depressing, and agonizing story, but somehow incredibly beautiful. I'm in complete awe at Roxane's bravery in revealing some of her most profound secrets and fears. If I could have an ounce of that bravery, I would be a very lucky person. ...more

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Jun 22, 2017 Laura rated it it was amazing

A wonderful and deeply personal memoir. Thoughtful and phenomenally written. I appreciate Roxane Gay's courage in sharing with us on this level. ...more

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