About Caroline Knapp
CAROLINE KNAPP is the author of Alice K’s Guide to Life as well as the bestselling books, Drinking: A Love Story and Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs. She lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts and died in June 2002 at the age of 42.
Praise
“With signature tenacity and grace, Knapp’s posthumous offering… tackles at its very root the question—the conundrum—of women’s desires.” —ELLE
“This searing examination of the love-hate relationship women have with their bodies is a poignant portrait of hunger in its various forms—and an important part of the writer’s brilliant legacy.” —Glamour
“Riveting… a tribute to her strength.” —O, the Oprah Magazine
“Buttressed by legitimizing statistics and a gamut of eyewitness testimony, this book hurts like the truth, and it’s a painful relief to read it in great gulps.” —Bust
“In lucid, effortless prose, Knapp explores the personal and cultural influences around appetites such as food, shopping, and sex and a woman’s drive for recognition and fulfillment.” —Library Journal Starred Review
“Profoundly insightful, compassionately perceptive… [Knapp] was an exceptional analyst of the female zeitgeist, one whose astute cultural observations and ruthless personal revelations leave a legacy that will resonate with women for generations to come.” —Booklist
“More than one woman’s tragic story; multitudinous interviews with women with eating disorders, excerpts from classic feminist texts and sociological statistics lend credence and categorize the book under cultural studies as much as self-help… Though Knapp admits it’s ‘easier to worry about the body than the soul,’ she hopes creating a dialogue about anorexia will enable all women to nourish both.” —Publishers Weekly
“Her beautiful prose is bolstered throughout with nice anecdotes from research material and the author’s personal experiences. An eloquent voice that will be missed.” —Kirkus