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Hunger: A Memoir of

(My) Body

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that

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Roxane Gay (11)

“I buried the girl I had been because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. She is still small and scared and ashamed, and perhaps I am writing my way back to her, trying to tell her everything she needs to hear.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: erasure, Past Selves, Past

“I am stronger than I am broken.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: Stronger, broken

“Living in my body has expanded my empathy for other people and the truths of their bodies. Certainly, it has shown me the importance of inclusivity and acceptance (not merely tolerance) for diverse body types.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: Acceptance

“This body is resilient. It can endure all kinds of things. My body offers me the power of presence. My body is powerful.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: The Body

“In our culture, we talk a lot about change and growing up, but man, we don’t talk nearly enough about how difficult it is. It is difficult”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: Growing Up

“I was swallowing my secrets and making my body expand and explode. I found ways to hide in plain sight, to keep feeding a hunger that could never be satisfied — the hunger to stop hurting. I made myself bigger. I made myself safer.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: coping, Safety

“What you need to know is that my life is split in two, cleaved not so neatly. There is the before and the after. Before I gained weight. After I gained weight. Before I was raped. After I was raped.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: Body Image, Memoir, fat, Rape, Before and after

“The cultural measure for obesity often seems to be anyone who appears to be larger than a size 6, or anyone whose body doesn't naturally cater to the male gaze, or anyone with cellulite on her thighs.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: Body Image, Memoir, fat

“I wish I had the kind of strength and willpower to tell you a triumphant story. I am in search of that kind of strength and willpower. I am determined to be more than my body–what my body has endured, what my body has become. Determination, though, has not gotten me very far.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: Body Image, losing weight, Memoir

“No matter what I accomplish, I will be fat, first and foremost.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: fat, Body, Success, Quote of the Moment

“What I know and what I feel are two very different things.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

Tagged: Feelings, Reason, Quote of the Moment