Surrounded by dolls, an eight-year-old girl, who has seen her sister
purging, tries it for the first time herself. A woman believes the
six-mile run she does would’ve given her a heart attack a
year ago at size 18, but not today at 0. A young man puns his way
through disease. A woman steals a box of Wheat Thins only to toss
the crackers to birds. Two eating disordered friends share a tub
of ice cream. A woman, devastated that she’s eaten half of
a ‘burrito as big as her head,’ purges until she’s
late for her support group. A copy writer takes up bulimia and joins
a gym in the name of Self Improvement.
The characters in Swallow are fascinatingly honest, deeply
human, and above all beautiful. The book is an intimate look at
the daily lives of eating disordered individuals, in and out of
recovery. Frightening, unorthodox, and not afraid to look the reader
in the eye, this writer bears readers through unexplored and challenging
territory with unexpected wit, tenderness, and respect for her characters.
Back by popular demand, Swallow is here in a revised third
edition and double the text. First edition copies of this book sold
out in just over one month. The revised version features arresting
cover art by Sarah Haines, and weighs in at 72 pages. Blush pink
linen cover stock with white, diamond-printed interior pages. Books
are hand cut and stab bound.
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excerpts from the third edition.
***May be triggering to those
with/in recovery from an eating disorder.***
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