1st book of 2019: Hunger by Roxane Gay

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Happy Saturday all! It is 641pm here, just woke up and am doing a little bit of easy walking on the treadmill before making my lunch/dinner and heading to work. After tonight I will have TWO more of these nasty 10pm to 8am shifts before moving on to my new shift. Am excited but there are some things I will miss of course so it feels a little bitter sweet. Anyway - Ifinished this book, Hunger by Roxane Gay a day or so ago. She has written ofher books and is a known feminist. This book, or should I say memoir, is all about her dealing with her body. (She is over 500 pounds at her largest). It is not a weight loss memoir however. She goes back in time to her childhood where an act of sexual violence traumatizes her and she admit she turns to food. She also talks about being a large black lady living in a “small white lady’s world”. And describes some of these challenges she faces on a daily if not hourly basis. She teeters back And forth from her pro-feminism, body acceptance stance to the normal body insecurities and knowing she needs to lose weight. All the while trying to come to terms with being a victim of sexual violence. This memoir was REALLY great. I am extremely cheap but bought this one new at the book store but I don’t regret a penny of it. Some of the things she talks about spoke directly to me! Have you heard of this author? Or read anything good lately? If you have finished your first book of 2019, what was it?