Description of ‘The Appetites Of Girls’ by Pamela Moses:
For the audience that made Commencement a New York Times bestseller comes a novel about women making their way in the world.
Self-doubting Ruth is coddled by her immigrant mother, who uses food to soothe and control. Defiant Francesca believes her heavy frame shames her Park Avenue society mother and, to provoke her, consumes everything in sight. Lonely Opal longs to be included in her glamorous mother’s dinner dates—until a disturbing encounter forever changes her desires.
Finally, Setsu, a promising violinist, staves off conflict with her jealous brother by allowing him to take the choicest morsels from her plate—and from her future. College brings the four young women together as suitemates, where their stories and appetites collide. Here they make a pact to maintain their friendships into adulthood, but each must first find strength and her own way in the world.
Praise for ‘The Appetites Of Girls’ by Pamela Moses:
“Moses’s debut is perfectly timed for summer.”—Publisher’s Weekly
“I so enjoyed this intelligent novel. At times it seemed to double as a riveting sociological study as it delved into the complex relationship between women and food. An important book for our times—and for our friends, daughters, and ourselves.”—Sarah Pekkanen, author of The Best of us
“I think this is such an important novel for women to read. It is a vivid, multilayered portrayal of friendship and the earnest, often heartbreaking search for a true sense of self. I enjoyed it immensely.”—Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence
About Pamela Moses:
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Pamela Moses grew up in New Jersey. She attended Brown University and received a master’s in English from Georgetown. After graduating, she moved to Manhattan to teach English at a girls’ school. She now lives outside New York City with her husband and two children. The Appetites of Girlsis her first novel.
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