She lays it bare without giving gratuitous details-she says it’s still hard to talk about. As a reader, I was initially uncomfortable being drawn into such a personal story, but Gay handles this intimacy well. That is not easy.” She isn’t hyperbolizing here-this memoir digs deep into her self and her body. As she says: “I’ve been forced to look at my guiltiest secrets. This is a book about learning, however slowly, to allow myself to be seen and understood.” Gay writes: “This is a book about my body, about my hunger, and ultimately, this is a book about disappearing and being lost and wanting so very much, wanting to be seen and understood. In Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Roxane Gay explores the interconnectedness between her rape, trying to feel safe in her own body, and gaining weight.
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