Thin Girls

Thin Girls
Diana Clarke
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Paperback
h203 x 135mm - 368pg
8 Jun 2021
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9780062986696
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A dark, edgy, voice-driven literary debut novel about twin sisters that explores body image and queerness as well as toxic diet culture and the power of sisterhood, love, and lifelong friendships, written by a talented protege of Roxane Gay. Rose and Lily Winters are twins, as close as the bond implies; they feel each other' s emotions, taste what the other is feeling. Like most young women, they' ve struggled with their bodies and food since childhood, and high school finds them turning to food--or not--to battle the waves of insecurity and the yearning for popularity. But their connection can be as destructive as it is supportive, a yin to yang. when Rose stops eating, Lily starts--consuming everything Rose won' t or can' t. Within a few years, Rose is about to mark her one-year anniversary in a rehabilitation facility for anorexics. Lily, her sole visitor, is the only thing tethering her to a normal life. But Lily is struggling, too. A kindergarten teacher, she dates abusive men, including a student' s married father, in search of the close yet complicated companionship she lost when she became separated from Rose. When Lily joins a cult diet group led by a social media faux feminist, whose eating plan consists of consuming questionable non-caloric foods, Rose senses that Lily needs her help. With her sister' s life in jeopardy, Rose must find a way to rescue her--and perhaps, save herself. Illuminating some of the most fraught and common issues confronting women, Thin Girls is a powerful, emotionally resonant story, beautifully told, that will keep you turning the pages to the gratifying, hopeful end.
"The story [protagonist Rose] tells is as gripping as a thriller, but it' s Clarke' s language that truly makes this novel special. She writes with a lyricism that not only encompasses the grotesque and the transcendent, but also sometimes co-mingles the two. When Rose finds a collection of short fiction Lily has written, these harrowing little fables bring the latent otherworldliness of the novel as a whole to the surface. . . Incisive social commentary rendered in artful, original, and powerfully affecting prose. "--Kirkus Reviews (Starred) "Thin Girls is a sharp, cutting debut, ostensibly about the traps of anorexia and body dysmorphia. But its true concern is with the trappings of being a woman. Full of dry dark wit, the world Clarke has created would almost feel absurdist if it weren' t so dangerously real. This book made me feel so much: fear, dread, the flush of young love, the joy in small things, hope. Thin Girls holds it all between its covers. " --Diane Cook, author of Man V. Nature and The New Wilderness "A stunning debut novel. . . gorgeously crafted. . . From one sentence to the next, Clarke leaves her readers splayed open, throbbing with the most beautiful, necessary ache. She writes with unyielding honesty and breathtaking tenderness. Thin Girls is a brutal, and unrelenting examination of what it means to be a woman in a body, wanting, needing, wanting, needing so much. With her assured, elegant prose Clarke makes you hope against all hopes that both Rose and Lily can find a way to satiate and save themselves and each other. "--Roxane Gay "Diana Clark has written a lightning bolt of a book, one that electrifies with its powerful insights into women, their relationship with their bodies and with each other. I was instantly drawn into Clark' s dark vision of sisterhood, and emerged changed. "--Danielle Trussoni, bestselling author of Angelology and The Ancestor "Diana Clarke has written an edgy, deeply moving and original book. Her writing is beautifully poetic and tinged with dark wit, and she moves us elegantly between the past and present lives of two complex and fascinating sisters. This is a queer story, a female story and a story about identity shaped around pain, and yet it has the fearless depth of a story about all of us. "--Lexi Freiman, author of Inappropriation
Purdue MFA (with Roxane Gay as her thesis adviser) and University of Utah PhD candidate, Diana Clarke is a New Zealander who now lives in Salt Lake City. Her work has been published in Glimmer Train, The Rumpus, Black Warrior Review, The Master' s Review, and Hobart, among other places. THIN GIRLS is her first novel. She is at work on her second novel, CELEBRITY, which follows a professional ballerina turned exotic dancer turned sex worker, as she rises to fame, attempts to navigate her celebrity, and is subsequently destroyed by the attention.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780062986696
Published: 8 Jun 2021
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Imprint: Harper Perennial
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 272g
Pages: 368

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