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| The Reading Room |
"Why is she losing blood. . ."
"She fixes her gaze on the plate. . ."
"She's trying to make the want go away" and "Thinness itself won't
change her life"
- Joyce and her doctors enter a race against time to discover the
multiple illnesses she suffers, any of which could kill her. In this
passage, Joyce's doctor admits how serious the situation is.
"She fixes her gaze on the plate. . ."
- One of the short scenes of sisterhood that follow Joyce and Ann
from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood.
"She's trying to make the want go away" and "Thinness itself won't
change her life"
- Look into the mind of a binge eater as she follows a path from
despair, fear, and loneliness toward understanding, positive
habits, and self-worth.
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Excerpts & Video
| My Other Body: a memoir of love, fat, life, and death by Ann Pai |