The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society\'s increasing demand that women be thin.
It is a book about women\'s efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies--a book about the meaning of food and its rejection..
It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it.
The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society\'s increasing demand that women be thin