Holy Hunger A Woman's Journey from Food Addiction to Spiritual Fulfillment

Name: Holy Hunger A Woman's Journey from Food Addiction to Spiritual Fulfillment
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ISBN: 9780375700873

ISBN-10: 0375700870

ISBN-13: 9780375700873

Edition: N/A

Authors: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas

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"A worthwhile tale about true nourishment that comes not from [eating] but from engaging on a spiritual path." --Los Angeles Times In this wrenchingly honest, eloquent memoir, Bullitt-Jonas describes a childhood darkened by the repressive shadows of her alcoholic father and her emotionally reclusive mother, whose demands for excellence, poise, and self-control drove Bullitt-Jonas to develop an insatiable hunger. What began with pilfering extra slices of bread at her parents' dinner table turned into binges with cream pies and pancakes, sometimes gaining as much as eleven pounds in four days. When the family urged her father into treatment, the author recognized her own addiction and…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.21" wide x 7.91" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue: List and Found


Starving in the Snow


Angels, Ghosts, and Knives


Body Language


Putting Down the Duck


Clearing a Space


What Comes Up


Telling Stories


At Sea


Epilogue: Holy Hunger


Notes