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More, Please

On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for ""Enough""

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ONE OF TIME 100'S MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024

  • A DEBUTIFUL BEST BOOK OF 2024
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    ""Tender, funny, angry, and sharp as hell. This is an essential book for anyone with a body, anyone with a heart."" —Helen Rosner, James Beard Award-winning food journalist and New Yorker staff writer

    An unflinching and deeply reported look at the realities of binge-eating disorder from a rising culture commentator and writer for Vogue.

    Millions of us use restrictive diets, intermittent fasting, IV therapies, and Ozempic abuse to shrink until we are sample-size acceptable. But for the 30 million Americans who live with eating disorders, it isn't just about less. More, Please is a chronicle of a lifelong fixation with food—its power to soothe, to comfort, to offer a fleeting escape from the outside world—as well as an examination of the ways in which compulsory thinness, diet culture, and the seductive promise of "wellness" have resulted in warping countless Americans' relationship with healthy eating.

    Melding memoir, reportage, and in-depth interviews with some of the most prominent and knowledgeable commentators currently writing about food, fatness, and disordered eating—Virginia Sole-Smith, Virgie Tovar, Aiyana Ishmael, Leslie Jamison, and others—Emma Specter explores binge-eating disorder as both a personal problem and a societal one. In More, Please, she provides a context, a history, and a language for what it means to always want more than you'll allow yourself to have.

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      • Publisher's Weekly

        Starred review from May 13, 2024
        In this smart first outing, Vogue writer Specter braids journalism and autobiography to unpack her battle with binge-eating disorder. The chronological narrative begins with her girlhood, which she uses as a prism to explore how diet culture can sour relationships between mothers and daughters. Specter’s weight yo-yoed as she entered young adulthood and internalized the idea that fat was “the one thing I couldn’t be if I wanted to be loved.” She lost 50 pounds with Weight Watchers, but “the part that felt fundamentally unworthy was harder to shed.” After moving from L.A. to New York City and coming out as queer in her 20s, Specter reorganized her relationship with food, and eventually came to accept herself as “a fat, mostly happy, out-and-proud dyke.” Interwoven throughout are insightful interviews with science reporter Sabrina Imbler, weight-discrimination expert Virgie Tovar, and others who compare their own experiences with body image and disordered eating against broader social trends. Specter’s incisive report will intrigue readers of all sizes. Agent: Natalie Edwards, Trellis Literary Management.

      • Library Journal

        December 6, 2024

        Specter's profound, compelling memoir explores the intricate and delicate dynamics of food, body image, and the pressure of society. The Vogue writer and culture commentator combines personal narrative with cultural critique, and provides a refreshing perspective on binge eating, body image, and the pursuit of wellness. Raw, vulnerable, and gripping content is related with honesty and deep emotion as the author merges her personal experiences with insightful commentary on fat liberation and body positivity, presenting an emotionally charged tale of how food and eating habits shape lives. Specter blends humor, honesty, and sharp insight into her take on society's obsession with body size and provides a valuable exploration of diet culture, disordered eating, and the allure of "wellness," making this a crucial read for anyone grappling with these issues. However, narrator Erin deWard's attempt to convey the memoir's emotional depth sometimes comes across as excessive. VERDICT Despite its narration issue, this is a must-read for both professionals and general readers seeking a deeper understanding of binge-eating disorder.--Susan McClellan

        Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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