Skinny

Giselle is 22, a top medical student and a functioning anorexic. Except now, burdened by the pressures of school and haunted by her late father's rejection of her, Giselle is losing control - fast. Holly, a 14-year-old track star, can see that her sister needs to confront the memory of their father if she wants to get better. It seems easier for Holly - she sweats through life's problems - but now even she feels burdened by the past. Ibi Kaslik's startling novel captures with heartbreaking honesty the story of two sisters struggling to come to terms with their adult selves. Gritty and often wryly funny, Skinny explores the messy family bonds of love and pain, and the hunger for acceptance that drives us all.