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Hunger

a Memoir of (my) Body
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Sep 01, 2023psychkaur rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A book that is hard to read, but not easy to put down-- I read it in 2 days; a very vulnerable depiction of how she and society responded to her body.
May 04, 2023
"A vulnerable story that pulls at your heartstrings. The best author to tell you all the important things." - Sabrina S.
Oct 16, 2020Kit_k rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Roxane Gay lets us into her life through her searingly honest and open writing. A book that is as hard to read as it is to put down. But amid the violence, stumbles and recovery , her voice is heard ... and soars.
Aug 25, 2020JCLHeatherC rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Brutal and brutally honest. A truly heartfelt memoir, make sure to have tissues handy.
Feb 09, 2020
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Sep 06, 2019STPL_Emily rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of the best memoirs I have read to date. I can hardly think of another author who is willing to get more raw and gritty than Roxane Gay. The writing is excellent and the story is one that needs to be told.
Sep 06, 2019STPL_JessH rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is the single bravest book I have ever read. I love RGay's fiction and was absolutely stunned by this bold, difficult, honest, account of a life. I bought it and read it when it first came out in 2017. I still recall some passages…
Jul 16, 2019deborahbates rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book was rough. It was amazing and if you are even the barest bit interested in memoirs you will certainly enjoy it. That being said trigger warning on trigger warning on trigger warning. Take your time with it. Roxane Gay is…
Apr 10, 2019charliewdelaney rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
For the people who down rated this because it was too personal, I really don't understand what you expected a memoir to be. It's supposed to be uncomfortable, it's supposed to make you squirm and break your heart. It's supposed to be…
Feb 26, 2019MplsTA rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Some deep wounds here. And not just because of being overweight. The book opens with a seminar attended by the author and her father on bariatric surgery. I do believe it can help some but it's sad to see it sold in a "sales seminar"…
Dec 06, 2018Tess_Misenti rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Roxane Gay shares an intimate look into the way she feels about her body, her experiences of her body, and other people's expectations, suppositions, and protestations of her body. This is a book that makes you fall in love with the…
Oct 18, 2018OPL_EllyR rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Throughout Hunger, Gay's voice maintains a hard balance between insistent and vulnerable. Her self-reflections are raw and relatively unfiltered in a way that autobiographies often aim for, but Gay truly masters. The short chapters and…
Jun 19, 2018lukasevansherman rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
"The older I get, the more I understand that life is generally the pursuit of desires. We want and oh how we want. We hunger." Powerful, intimate memoir by Roxane Gay, who wrote the collection of essays "Bad Feminist" and the novel "An…
May 31, 2018DBRL_ANNEG rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Roxane Gay's memoir is raw and I really admired how open she was in exploring the life that lead her to morbid obesity. The book openly discusses the childhood trauma that put her on the path to lifelong weight gain. Her perception of…
Apr 19, 2018cgarzon rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a simultaneously fascinating and relatable account of the struggle for self love and acceptance. Although I have not have experienced the same twists and turns of life as the author, Gay create a narrative that outlines the…
Apr 01, 2018Eosos rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I like how this author writes her books. They are chatty and human and cheerful, despite her obvious hurt and pain. I can't imagine what it would take to write a book like this one. To put it all out there, to admit to everything that…
Mar 28, 2018becker rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
In all fairness, I don't normally get on with this type of memoir. However I have recently read a novel by this author called The Untamed State and I was blown away by the intensity of it so was curious to know something of the author.…
Mar 02, 2018imaryg rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I started reading this book, I think someone in my on line recommended books mentioned it. I found I could not relate to her experiences at all. I have empathy for what she experienced as a child, but, beyond that, nothing. Perhaps…
Feb 26, 2018mswrite rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
There are (so many) moments in this brutally uncompromising account of author Roxanne Gay's life that are so appalling, and awful, that several times I closed the book and put it away for a day or so. I had to. It just got too painful to…
Feb 22, 2018
At first, I was thinking this woman needed to get help and didn't know if I would continue to read, but I did and now I truly do understand what Roxane Gay is saying. Do not judge, do not think you know better because you don't. I had…
Feb 07, 2018StaceyM_KCMO rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Powerful. Insightful. Haunting. Raw. Brave. All these words describe the beautiful complexity of these essays on what it means to “take up space” in a world that prefers our bodies NOT to do just that. Lovely prose and short impactful…
Nov 29, 2017brangwinn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One minute I loved this book. The next minute I hated the book. I’m overweight….my doctor considers me on the edge of morbidly obese. It took those words for me to take action and work on getting my body healthy. But I was never sexually…
Nov 27, 2017TheresaAJ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Roxane Gay can write about the most horrendous situations in plain, beautiful prose that keeps you reading. In this collection of short stories (most of which appeared earlier in literary magazines), she introduces you to a range of women…
Oct 11, 2017peachmcd rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
What happened to this woman should never happen. To anyone. Whether or not I cared for the book and her writing is irrelevant. I'm hoping that, now that this author is successful in her work, she will use what she's earned to find a…
Oct 04, 2017pspice rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A very brave book. I am in awe of, and inspired by, her honesty.