A young man tries to understand and save his girlfriend from anorexia in this intricate novel about hunger and love.
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A young man tries to understand and save his girlfriend from anorexia in this intricate novel about hunger and love.
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A novel on food disorders. The protagonists are a young woman starving herself and her boyfriend who tries to find a cure. The boyfriend researches fasting over the centuries, including that practiced by saints, and analyzes the philosophy of fasting. A novel of ideas and a debut in fiction.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Moderate sexual content with some explicit moments, including a disturbing scene after a bulimic episode.
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted.
Profanity
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Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
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Minor references to fasting by saints as part of historical research.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Major focus on anorexia and eating disorders with detailed depictions of self-harm through starvation.
Abuse & suffering
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Moderate depiction of emotional suffering due to eating disorders and personal trauma.
Other
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