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Food and Loathing: A Lament
Food and Loathing A Lament
Author: Betsy Lerner
Never before Food and Loathing has the intimate relationship between mood swings and food swings been so honestly chronicled. As a bright but chubby girl, Betsy Lerner believed that thinness was the key to success with friends and boys. By junior high, she had precisely divided the world of food into two camps: the dietetic and the forbid...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780743221832
ISBN-10: 0743221834
Publication Date: 1/28/2003
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 19 ratings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed Food and Loathing: A Lament on + 158 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Memoir chronicling depression, binge eating, success at school and work, and difficulties with family. Betsy Lerner is smart, funny, and observant. Now that I've read her book, I would love to have a cup of coffee with her.
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Helpful Score: 1
I read this in two days....a quick and interesting, if not always pleasant read. Betsy shares very personal stuff. I hope she is doing as well now as she seemed to be at the end of the book.
justreadingabook avatar reviewed Food and Loathing: A Lament on + 1707 more book reviews
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This was a pretty good read once I got into it and she got into the loony bin. Interesting on how she dealt with her food issue and the way it was thought of back then.
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reviewed Food and Loathing: A Lament on + 469 more book reviews
"FOOD AND LOATHING is a favorite meal to be savored--although it's hard not to gobble it up at one sitting. Betsy Lerner writes about her struggles with extra pounds and depression with humor and sensitivity. As a writer, she's at her fighting weight on every page. " ALICE ELLIOTT DARK, author


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