<p> After her father?s death, twenty-six-year-old Gray Lachmann finds herself compulsively eating. Desperate to stop bingeing, she abandons her life in New York City for a job at a southern weight-loss camp. There, caught among the warring egos of her devious co-counselor, Sheena; the self-aggrandizing camp director, Lewis; his attractive assistant, Bennett; and a throng of combative teenage campers, she is confronted by a captivating mystery: her teenage half-sister, Eden, whom Gray never knew existed. Now, while unraveling her father?s lies, Gray must tackle her own self-deceptions and take control of her body and her life.</p> <p> Visceral, poignant, and often wickedly funny, <i>Skinny</i> illuminates a young woman?s struggle to make sense of the link between hunger and emotion, and to make peace with her demons, her body, and herself.</p>