She often uses short, simple sentences to tell her story and draw readers into her thinking and feeling-for example, the quote a few paragraphs above makes use of concise sentences. Simplicity and repetition mark Gay’s prose this makes the book easy to read and acts as a counterbalance to the heavy topics of rape and abuse. It’s hard to read about the terrible thing that was done to her and how she’s still healing from it, but it’s important to read in order to understand Gay’s narrative throughout her memoir and the effect that these things have on women on a societal level. She lays it bare without giving gratuitous details-she says it’s still hard to talk about. As a reader, I was initially uncomfortable being drawn into such a personal story, but Gay handles this intimacy well. That is not easy.” She isn’t hyperbolizing here-this memoir digs deep into her self and her body. As she says: “I’ve been forced to look at my guiltiest secrets. This is a book about learning, however slowly, to allow myself to be seen and understood.” Gay writes: “This is a book about my body, about my hunger, and ultimately, this is a book about disappearing and being lost and wanting so very much, wanting to be seen and understood. In Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Roxane Gay explores the interconnectedness between her rape, trying to feel safe in her own body, and gaining weight.
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