Starving Hearts - Couverture souple

Miller, Lynn Ruth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 061511671X ISBN 13 : 9780615116716

Editeur : Excentrix Pr, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Lynn Ruth Miller

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Starving Hearts is a novel about one woman s struggle with anorexia and bulimia. The book won ninth place in the National Writer s Club competition under its original title THE STRUGGLE and has the imprimatur of ANRED (Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders). It describes how Susan Talberg overcame an addiction to food by recognizing the powerful forces behind them and her need to control the mother who uses her daughter as a whipping post. Starving Hearts reflects the values and pressures of Jewish family life in the 1950s. Its appeal however transcends its ethnic and generational setting. The story paints a vivid picture of the irreparable wounds of verbal abuse and the immense price that children pay when parents use them as weapons to cope with their own disappointment in life.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lynn Ruth Miller has been published in various fields for thirty years. She often deals with feminist issues. Her writing appeals to readers who enjoy Laurie Colwin for her ethnic flavor and commentary on the idiosyncrasies of modern life, and Anne Tyler for her slightly out of sync frame of reference. Starving Hearts is reminiscent of Joanne Greenberg s classic I Never Promised You A Rose Garden and current bestseller Janet Fitch s White Oleander. Starving Hearts is a compulsive read, all the more moving because it is based on the author s own experience. The story has something for anyone trying to establish his/her own identity in the face of social pressures to conform.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Excentrix Pr
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 061511671X
• ISBN 13: 9780615116716
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 177
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible