The Appetites of Girls

By Pamela Moses and Pam Moses

Book Overview

For the audience that made "Commencement "a "New York Times" bestseller comes a novel about women making their way in the world.Self-doubting Ruth is coddled by her immigrant mother, who uses food to soothe and control. Defiant Francesca believes her heavy frame shames her Park Avenue society mother and, to provoke her, consumes everything in sight. Lonely Opal longs to be included in her glamorous mother s dinner dates until a disturbing encounter forever changes her desires. Finally, Setsu, a promising violinist, staves off conflict with her jealous brother by allowing him to take the choicest morsels from her plate and from her future. College brings the four young women together as suitemates, where their stories and appetites collide. Here they make a pact to maintain their friendships into adulthood, but each must first find strength and her own way in the world."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399158421
• ISBN13: 9780399158421
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.2" x 6.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher