Life-size by Jenefer Shute

Life-size by Jenefer Shute

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A first novel which is narrated by 25-year-old Josie, who is in the final stages of anorexia. As she rages against her hospital treatment, the reader is drawn deep inside the obsessive nightmare in which she is trapped, and from which part of her is now struggling to escape.

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Life-size by Jenefer Shute

Twenty-five-year-old Josie has anorexia. She's been hospitalized so she can't starve to death. But Josie's got other ideas - she' striving for perfection: stripped of fat and other inessentials, existing on air. But even in the final stages of anorexia, there is a part of her still fighting against her desperate attempts to reach the ultimate fleshlessness.
Jennifer Shute was raised in South Africa. She has taught at universities in the United States and Europe, and now lives in Boston.
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ISBN 13 9780749395766
ISBN 10 0749395761
Title Life-size
Author Jenefer Shute
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1996-03-11
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.