Ebook {Epub PDF} Food and Loathing: A Lament by Betsy Lerner

"Alternating between hilarious and heartbreaking" (People), Food and Loathing gives voice to one of the last taboo subjects and greatest stigmas of our time: being overweight. Lerner's revelations on the cult of thinness -- from the dreaded weigh-in at junior high gym class to the effects of inhaling Pepperidge Farm Goldfish at Olympic speeds -- are universally resonant, as is her belief that this is one battle no one Cited by: 1.  · With warmth, wit, and not a trace of self-pity" (Entertainment Weekly), Betsy Lerner details her twenty-year struggle with depression and compulsive eating in Food and Loathing, a book that dares to expose the insidious nature of women's secret life with food. "Alternating between hilarious and heartbreaking" (People), Food and Loathing gives voice to one of the last taboo subjects and /5. Food and Loathing: A Lament Author: Betsy Lerner ISBN: ISBN Publisher: Simon Schuster () Format: Hardcover Similar Titles All Editions More details from»Click HERE to Compare Prices at Bookstores now!

Food and Loathing: A Lament Author: Betsy Lerner ISBN: ISBN Publisher: Simon Schuster () Format: Hardcover Similar Titles All Editions More details from»Click HERE to Compare Prices at Bookstores now! "Food and Loathing," by Betsy Lerner, is ostensibly about a young woman's eating disorder and how it affects her self-esteem and her ability to cope with life. Lerner begins her memoir at the age of twelve. She is an affluent and bright girl from a loving family. Another graphic dispatch from the food wars, as poet, editor, and now literary agent Lerner details the insidious effects of compulsive eating on the body and psyche. Another graphic dispatch from the food wars, as poet, editor, and now literary agent Lerner details the insidious effects of compulsive eating on the body and psyche.

Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories by Betsy Lerner. Simon Schuster. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. In Food and Loathing: A Lament, book editor turned literary agent, Betsy Lerner recalls the scars of her youth — namely her obsession with food, her interminable struggle with weight, and the. Food and Loathing: A Lament Author: Betsy Lerner ISBN: ISBN Publisher: Simon Schuster () Format: Hardcover Similar Titles All Editions More details from»Click HERE to Compare Prices at Bookstores now!.