The Obsession

Description

The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies—a book about the meaning of food and its rejection.

First Sentence

I REMEMBER THE FIRST time I ate compulsively.

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Other Editions

• The ObsessionElectronic resourceHarperCollins2008-01-01
• The obsessionHarper & Row1981-01-01
• The obsessionHarper Colophon Books1982-01-01
• The ObsessionHarperPerennial1982-09-01
• The ObsessionPaperbackHarperPerennial1982-09-01
• The obsessionHarperPerennial1994-01-01