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Title: The Art of Starving
Author: Sam J. Miller
Narrator: Tom Phelan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-11-17
Publisher: Harper Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes
Genres: Teens, Fiction & Literature
Publisher's Summary:
A darkly funny, moving story of body image, addiction, friendship, and love, Sam J. Miller's debut novel will resonate with any listener who's ever craved the power that comes with self-acceptance.
Matt hasn't eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won't give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp - and he needs to be as sharp as possible if he's going to find out just how Tariq and his band of high school bullies drove his sister, Maya, away.
Matt's hardworking mom keeps the kitchen crammed with food, but Matt can resist the siren call of casseroles and cookies because he has discovered something: The less he eats, the more he seems to have...powers. The ability to see things he shouldn't be able to see. The knack of tuning in to thoughts right out of people's heads. Maybe even the authority to bend time and space.
So what is lunch, really, compared to the secrets of the universe?
Matt decides to infiltrate Tariq's life, then use his powers to uncover what happened to Maya. All he needs to do is keep the hunger and longing at bay. No problem. But Matt doesn't realize there are many kinds of hunger...and he isn't in control of all of them.
Members Reviews:
Itâs that good. If youâre finding yourself anywhere on the gender ...
Wow. I donât know where to begin, or how to articulate how much this book means to me. Being a cis queer man in his early twenties who was raised by a blue-collar single mother outside of a sizable metropolitan area in the Northeast, I canât help but deeply identify with Matt in scores of ways in which he both expresses and articulates his truth.
But, beyond that, I am blown away by Samâs writing. His short story, âThe Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History,â is the only other piece of his that Iâve read, but this novel cements him as one of the most profound artists whose work Iâve ever read. His craft is unbelievable.
As a whole Iâve been immediately talking to anyone and everyone about this book, as much as I can, and recommending it. Itâs that good. If youâre finding yourself anywhere on the gender or sexuality spectrum that is not textbook normative, then by all means, please make this a priority read. Thereâs insight into gender nuances which are so small that had me immediately raising my brow and nodding along; thereâs such rich thought and critique of sexuality, particularly for youth, that pushes the boundaries of the stereotypical YA, and means so much to me to read as an adult.
This book will stay with me. I know Iâll be rereading it, and that that will result in more tears.
Please read it.
brilliant. I am trying to figure out how to ...
This book made me cry on an airplane. I started reading it when it came out a few months ago, but the semester started and for a while I had no time to read anything, so I reluctantly put it down. But I finally had time to read again this weekend, so I picked it back up again, and it is so. damn. brilliant.
I am trying to figure out how to make everyone I know read it.
If you loved Roxane Gay's _Hunger_, this book is exactly like it but also the exact opposite. It starts out as realistic lit, but it has magic in it. If you are a parent who has worried that you are failing your kids, this book is for you.