Skin / E.M. Reapy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reapy, Elizabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Conduct of life--Fiction.

Women.

Body image--Fiction.

Body image.

Overweight women--Fiction.

Overweight women.

Choice (Psychology).

Women--Conduct of life.

New Zealand.

New Zealand Region.

Choice (Psychology)--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Bali (Indonesia : Province)--Fiction.

Bali (Indonesia : Province).

New Zealand--Fiction.

Ireland--Fiction.

Ireland.

Indonesia--Bali (Province).

Genre:

Fiction.

Irish fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

337 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Head of Zeus, 2019.

Summary:

"This pertinent, timely, intelligent and incredibly compelling exploration of the relationship we have with our own bodies opens in Bali. Natalie, its protagonist, is uncomfortable in her own skin. Her most recent relationship is long since over and she's become disillusioned with her career as a teacher - adopting a tried-and-tested attempt at self-discovery, she packs her bags to go travelling. Natalie travels to Bali, New Zealand, Australia, Dublin, rural Ireland and the Netherlands to try and find her place, but her isolation abroad only heightens her sense of unease. Her journey is psychological as well as physical - she is obsessed with her shape, believing herself to be awkward and over-large, recoiling from relationships with men and eating compulsively as a self-destructive reaction to her issues with her weight. As the narrative unfolds, we gradually become aware of a crucial development in Natalie beginning to take place. This novel engages powerfully with issues that are important to women, and also to people in general, via an incredibly beguiling protagonist."-

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

178954095X

9781789540956

9781789540949

1789540941

OCLC:

1061819400