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Skinny by Diana Spechler
"Skinnywill be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing,beautifully written women's fiction." --Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of TheOne That I Want and Time 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. In Skinny, the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechler--author of Who ByFire and acontributor to Rumpus Women Volume 1--a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup.
Diana Spechler received her MFA from the University of Montana and was a Steinbeck Fellow at San Josü¾Ž–”¼ State University from 2004 to 2005. Her fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train Stories, Moment, Lilith, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780062020369 |
| ISBN 10 | 0062020366 |
| Title | Skinny |
| Author | Diana Spechler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2011-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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