Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Life-Size

Life-Size
LifeSize
Author: Jenefer Shute
Both a cautionary tale and a call to arms for women whose lives are diminished by the tyranny of thinness, this harrowing novel about a young woman's anguished battle with anorexia is by turns crackling, acrid, and darkly comic. Life-Size shoots straight for the heart of our country's obsession with food and image.
ISBN-13: 9780395604793
ISBN-10: 0395604796
Publication Date: 4/27/1992
Pages: 231
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 4

3.8 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

Top Member Book Reviews

reviewed Life-Size on + 52 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
"Life Size" by Jenefer Shute is written from the point of view of an anorexic woman, one who has been forced into a recovery facility in order to save her life. At first, I was waiting for the woman to come to her senses...but as the book goes on, the deep psychosis became so clear, it was an almost frightening read, like being in someone's diary without their permission. I will never again look at someone with an eating disorder and wonder why she doesn't "just eat something" - it's not that simple.

If you know someone who has an eating disorder, this book is a must-read.
Read All 5 Book Reviews of "LifeSize"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

reviewed Life-Size on + 103 more book reviews
I thought this book was amazing. It was the first I read by Jenefer Shute, and thoguth it explored anorexia without exploiting it. Vivid and thoguht-provoking.
booksareme avatar reviewed Life-Size on + 9 more book reviews
This book is an excellent book about a girl with anorexia. It is very vivid, dramatic, and effective.
reviewed Life-Size on + 2 more book reviews
from back cover:
Josie is a woman striving for perfection. She is starving herself in a quest to find her true essence. Weighing a mere sixty-seven pounds, she finds herself in a hospital, where she stubbornly rages against all forms of treatment for her anorexia. Instead Josie is determined to set her captive spirit gloriously free- even if she must destroy herself to do so. Darkly comic and crackling with energy, Life-Size is a deeply affecting story for anyone whose life is diminished by the tyranny of thinness.


Genres: