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Hunger

a Memoir of (my) Body
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Nov 27, 2017TheresaAJ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Roxane Gay can write about the most horrendous situations in plain, beautiful prose that keeps you reading. In this collection of short stories (most of which appeared earlier in literary magazines), she introduces you to a range of women from different backgrounds, ethnicities, and ages who face difficult circumstances in their lives. Some manage to cope with their situations while others do not. The most memorable stories for me were Difficult Women, FLORIDA, and Noble Things. Difficult women describes four female stereotypes -- loose, frigid, crazy, and mothers. FLORIDA describes the "upstairs" and "downstairs" lives of people who live in a gated community. Noble Things is about life in America after the second secession of the American South. A wall now divides life among the southern and northern states. Some stories were easier to read than others but all can lead to a lot of thought and discussion.