Haunting, painful, and intense – if I only had 3 words to sum up Ibi Kaslik’s YA novel, Skinny, those would be the ones I would choose.
Giselle is the 22-y
ear-old medical student whose troubled relationship with her late father has plagued her for years and has manifested itself in anorexia; 14-year-old Holly, a middle school student and Giselle’s younger sister, finds solace in running, but even that isn’t enough to help her as she watches her sister spiral out of control and tries to cope with her own anxieties about growing up. The sisters alternate in narrating the story after Giselle has been released from a hospital stay after her anorexia caused her to collapse.
Skinnyresounds with the deep connection between the two sisters as Giselle’s painful, and ultimately losing, battle with her illness drives the story relentlessly forward and consumes everyone it touches.
- Posted by Cori