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Summary: Jillian Medoff does it again!
Review: I was duly impressed with Jillian Medoff's Good Girls Gone Bad, and so I didn't hesitate to pick up this book. Hunger Point is a poignant novel about a young woman's struggles with the unraveling of her family. Frannie Hunter, unable to sustain a job and an apartment of her own, moves back with her parents. As she tries to get her life in order, she witnesses her sister's battle with Anorexia, her mother's two-timing behavior, and her father's career woes. As a former anorexic, I can relate to the hardships the protagonist and the other characters go through. The subject matters that Medoff addresses in Hunger Point -- eating disorders, depression, grief, etc. -- are mixed with poignancy and humor. Medoff is as witty as she is insightful. I laughed out loud in many occasions. Her work is similar to Anna Maxtet's; however, Jillian Medoff has a particular brand of comic timing and keen storytelling all her own. She is one of the best new authors out there and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.
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Summary: Five stars isn't enough
Review: I read alot (close to fifty books so far this year) and in all that time I have only read a handful of books that affected me as much as this one. I was greatly moved by this story. I think Ms. Medoff really dug down deep and drew from her well of experience for this novel. I don't think she could have written a book this good without having some experience and a deep knowledge about Anorexia and its effects on a family. I was moved to tears many times by this painfully honest novel, but just as many times I was laughing out loud at the author's acerbic wit. Frannie Hunter is 26 years old and she is just part of majorly dysfunctional family. She can't seem to hold onto a job or an apartment and is forced to move back home and live with her parents. Frannie's mother, Marsha is obsessed with food, her body image and that of her children's not to mention the fact that she is also addicted to tranquilizers. Frannie's father, David is in the midst of a career crisis, he watches all the cooking shoes on T.V. and instead of talking with his family to find out what is really going on, he perfers to do the daily word jumbles and not say much to anyone. Shelly, Frannie's younger sister is a gifted graduate of Cornell, she wants to attend Harvard Law mainly to make her mother happy and she is the Anorexic one. Perhaps she is forced into that as well to please her mother or she just adopts this pattern of behavior because that is all she knows. Although this is a novel about Anorexia and other obsessive behaviors, it is also about women's relationships to men, sex and other women. It is the relationship between Frannie and Shelly that was the most heartwrenching for me. It is one that I am still thinking about even though I have finished the book and one that I am not likely to forget. Readers who loved this book as much as I did might also want to try a book about a man's struggle with drug addiction and that is: A MILLION LITTLE PIECES by James Frey. Both of these books are unforgettable!!
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Summary: Horrible
Review: One of the worst books I've ever read. I've known people with both anerexia and Bulemia and it was completely different for them. Please don't read this book and apply it to people who REALLY have those conditions. Their signals and symptoms are quite different.
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Summary: Not a book I'll keep
Review: I thought this book was ok. I think it falls into the "neurotic" female genre. I was disappointed with the development of the story, it didn't seem pulled together. I would have liked to see more character development earlier in the novel. I was disappointed to see Frannie's story seem weak. I don't find her to be a very redeeming character and found myself annoyed that she allowed other characters in the story to define her.
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Summary: Very enjoyable!
Review: Although it started out kind of slow, once it got started, Hunger Point was hard to put it down. Frannie was such an intriguing and strong main character. She made the book human and real, and I felt that I could relate to many of the characters in some way or another. Medoff realistically depicts the struggles of an anorectic and overall, it was an amazing read!
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Summary: No Main Point...That's What Makes it GREAT
Review: I started reading Hunger Point thinking it was going to be about a girl with anerxic, like I had herd. Truth be told I was wrong. This book takes you into the life of Frannie Hunter. You laugh, cry, and even want to be part of the book at numberous points. Everyone can relate to it. I am 13 only and thought it was a little "different" from say, The Lion the Wich and the Wadrobe or even my favorite books like Gossip Girl (series) it was a good different and EVERYONE! should read this book!
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Don't listen to the detractors. This book is a heartfelt, wonderfully written read from beginning to end. Thank you, Jillian
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Summary: You'll devour this book quickly
Review: Hunger Point is an excellent peek into the life of a rather dysfunctional family. Since most people's families are dysfunctional in one way or another, many times the book will touch on subjects, emotions, or situations that hit close to home. The author's brilliant insights into anorexia and mental instability seem unforced, perhaps drawing from autobiographical life experiences. That's what makes Hunger Point such a good read. You can actually perceive what all of the characters are going through at all times and feel for them. I read this book in one day because it was so gripping.
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Summary: It will make you laugh, It will bring tears to your eyes
Review: Oh wow. How can one put into words such an all encompassing EMOTIONAL read. So touching, so real. I laughed, I cried. I felt a whole range of ups and downs but mostly I felt a great sense of freedom and celebration that finally an author got it right. She put into words something we can all identify with, REAL life. Jillian Medoff did this with a whole lot of humor, humility, and grace. A must read for women of all ages.
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Summary: Title
Review: Great book. I usually can't read a book if I have seen the movie first but this time I actually watched the Lifetime Movie special before picking up the book. It was really really good- Jillian Medoff does a great job at describing how some of the characters are feeling, how I feel/felt- she expressed myself, I couldn't have put situations into better words.
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