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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Grant's debut revolves around the self-destructive patients at an eating-disorders clinic.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
YA?After suffering a heart attack, 25-year-old anorexic Alice is committed?more or less voluntarily?to a private rehabilitation center. Proud of being thin, she is scornful of the therapists, the therapy, and most of her fellow patients, describing with biting humor their often bizarre compulsions. Then Maeve, a voluptuous, worldly, bulimic manipulator, enters the picture. Both emotionally and physically attracted to the newcomer, Alice willingly allows herself to be used by Maeve in her war with the world. In the end, Alice begins to emerge from her illness, despite rather than because of Maeve's friendship. Grant's book is well worth reading, especially for teens who may be falling into the anorexic trap. As a novel, though, it has a couple of serious flaws. First, the detail is great, but readers can take only so much description of life in a rehab center, and Grant goes too far. Second, the key to Alice is her self-described "emptiness"; unfortunately, the author does too good a job of conveying that trait, and Alice is therefore too passive a character to maintain readers' interest or sympathy. Nevertheless, recommend this book for its unusual, inside depiction of eating disorders.?Chip Barnett, Rockbridge Regional Library, Lexington, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Grant's debut revolves around the self-destructive patients at an eating-disorders clinic.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
YA?After suffering a heart attack, 25-year-old anorexic Alice is committed?more or less voluntarily?to a private rehabilitation center. Proud of being thin, she is scornful of the therapists, the therapy, and most of her fellow patients, describing with biting humor their often bizarre compulsions. Then Maeve, a voluptuous, worldly, bulimic manipulator, enters the picture. Both emotionally and physically attracted to the newcomer, Alice willingly allows herself to be used by Maeve in her war with the world. In the end, Alice begins to emerge from her illness, despite rather than because of Maeve's friendship. Grant's book is well worth reading, especially for teens who may be falling into the anorexic trap. As a novel, though, it has a couple of serious flaws. First, the detail is great, but readers can take only so much description of life in a rehab center, and Grant goes too far. Second, the key to Alice is her self-described "emptiness"; unfortunately, the author does too good a job of conveying that trait, and Alice is therefore too passive a character to maintain readers' interest or sympathy. Nevertheless, recommend this book for its unusual, inside depiction of eating disorders.?Chip Barnett, Rockbridge Regional Library, Lexington, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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