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Skinny: A Novel

Skinny: A Novel in Bloomington, MN
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“
Skinny
will be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing,beautifully written women's fiction." —Allison Winn Scotch,
New York Times
bestselling author of
TheOne That I Want
and
Time of My Life
"Spechler…transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch." —
Boston Globe
To escape thegrief she feels following her father’s death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers shehas her own demons to battle both emotionally and physically. In
, the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechler—author of
Who ByFire
and acontributor to
Rumpus Women Volume 1
—a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup.
Skinny
will be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing,beautifully written women's fiction." —Allison Winn Scotch,
New York Times
bestselling author of
TheOne That I Want
and
Time of My Life
"Spechler…transcends melodrama and clichewith striking sensitivity and delicate touch." —
Boston Globe
To escape thegrief she feels following her father’s death, twenty-six year old Brooklynite Gray Lachmann becomesa counselor at a summer camp for overweight children, where she discovers shehas her own demons to battle both emotionally and physically. In
, the ambitious, accomplished, anddarkly humorous second novel fromreader-favorite Diana Spechler—author of
Who ByFire
and acontributor to
Rumpus Women Volume 1
—a vividly realized cast of characters mustcome to terms with eating disorders, buried secrets, and the trials of growingup.