Skinny

By Diana Spechler

Book Overview

"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

Spechler...transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch. --Boston Globe

To escape thegrief she feels following her father's 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062020366
• ISBN13: 9780062020369
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"