Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger.
It asks just how much we are obligated to help members of our families, and whether it\'s ever possible to save loved ones from themselves..
Rich with Shriver\'s distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat--an issue both social and excruciatingly personal.
But which loyalty is paramount, that of a wife or a sister? For without Pandora\'s support, surely Edison will eat himself into an early grave.
After Edison has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: it\'s him or me.
Edison breaks her husband Fletcher\'s handcrafted furniture, makes overkill breakfasts for the family, and entices her stepson not only to forgo college but to drop out of high school.
What happened? And it\'s not just the weight.
In the four years since she last saw him, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. -- Guardian From the New York Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver, a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity When Pandora picks up her older Brother Edison at the Iowa airport, she doesn\'t recognize him.
With honesty, precision and humour, she conveys all the boredom and exhilaration of weight loss, along with its tendency to threaten the people around you. . . .
Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger
