Skinny: A Novel

ISBN: 0062020366

Author: Spechler, Diana

Condition: New

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"Spechlertranscends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch." -Boston GlobeTo escape thegrief she feels following her fathers 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.