A unique eating-disorder memoir written by a mother and daughter.

Unbeknownst to food critic Sheila Himmel-as she reviewed exotic cuisines from bistro to brasserie- her daughter, Lisa, was at home starving herself. Before Sheila fully grasped what was happening, her fourteen-year-old with a thirst for life and a palate for the flavors of Vietnam and Afghanistan was replaced by a weight-obsessed, antisocial, hundredpound nineteen-year-old. From anorexia to bulimia and back again-many times-the Himmels feared for Lisa's life as her disorder took its toll on her physical and...

Ana-Isabel es una anciana que pasa los ultimos anos de su vida en una Residencia para gente mayor. En la soledad de su retiro, los recuerdos de su agitada vida parecen tomar forma y, de una manera desorganizada, episodios de su ninez, de su juventud, de la cruel guerra civil que le toco vivir, de los maltratos sufridos y de la tranquila paz que finalmente creyo encontrar, resucitan en su mente. Alejandro, un viejo conocido con el cual le gusta compartir charlas y secretos, es el unico que, con sus visitas, rompe la monotonia de su estancia en aquel lugar. A traves de las memorias de...