My Confection: Odyssey of a Sugar Addict Contributor(s): Kotin, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807069256 ISBN-13: 9780807069257 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Self-help | Eating Disorders & Body Image - Self-help | Compulsive Behavior - General |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2015025760 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A funny, candid, and original coming-of-age story told through sugar addiction She doesn't drink or do drugs, but like millions of other Americans, Lisa Kotin has a substance abuse problem. Kotin is addicted to sugar. My Confection is a darkly funny and candid memoir of where sugar took this teenage mime when she left her San Francisco Bay Area home in pursuit of artistic greatness. From the strict macrobiotic house where she is kicked out for smuggling Snickers, to her early days of Overeaters Anonymous meetings where she is bewildered by the idea of submitting to a higher power, to the stylish shrink who suggests she figure out how many minutes of tennis equal the calories in one jelly donut, to the men she unwraps and consumes like cheap chocolate bars, Kotin careens from romantic disasters to caloric catastrophes. Original and surprisingly affecting, this portrait of a sugar addict has nothing to do with losing weight or getting fit but rather with coming out of the (sugar) closet, finding allies who understand, and learning how to live healthfully, in spite of her compulsion. |