

Thin Girls
A Novel
Author: Diana Clarke
Narrator: Jayme Mattler
Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 06/30/2020
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Lgbtq+, Coming Of Age
Author: Diana Clarke
Narrator: Jayme Mattler
Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 06/30/2020
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Lgbtq+, Coming Of Age
Diana Clarke, a New Zealander, holds an MFA from Purdue University, where Roxane Gay was her thesis adviser, and a PhD from the University of Utah. She made her literary debut with the novel Thin Girls, and her work has been published in prestigious literary publications, including Glimmer Train, the Rumpus, Black Warrior Review, the Master’s Review, and Hobart. The Hop is her second novel. She is a professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Canberra, Australia.
Twin sisters Rose and Lily are an entire world unto themselves, their lives inextricably bound in the most terrifying, inescapable ways. In her stunning debut novel, Thin Girls, Diana Clarke tells the indelible story of two sisters, so full of yearning—how as one tries to make her body disappear, th......more
This is one of the most outstanding, heart wrenching, thought provoking, shaking you to the core kind of disturbing but also realistic, honest and genuine books that you adore the talented story telling skills of the author. In my opinion: this is one of the most provocative and extremely emotional......more
I loved this. The author, Diana Clarke, is a protege of Roxane Gay, so I knew I was in for a smart, emotional, literary read. Rose and Lily are twins and very close. Both of them struggle with self-image and food, and high school hits them especially hard. When one doesn't eat, the other compensates......more