Ruth Simon is beautiful, smart, talented - and always hungry. As a teenager she starved herself to the brink of death, and though her weight is now normal, the simple act of eating remains a torment. Her lover, Joseph, is a young man adrift, anchored only by the Russian immigrants he teaches and by his love for Ruth. Determined to save her, he sets out to unravel the mystery of hunger and denial. But as his desperation mounts, Joseph is drawn deeper and deeper into Ruth's obsession.
- ISBN13 9781862071124
- Publish Date 1 October 1998 (first published 15 April 1997)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 24 June 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Granta Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English