Sueños frágiles / The Girls at 17 Swann Street

Author:   Yara Zgheib
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
ISBN:  

9788425358395


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   23 June 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Sueños frágiles / The Girls at 17 Swann Street


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Un retrato inquietante de la lucha de una mujer joven contra la anorexia en un viaje íntimo para recuperar su vida. Me llamo Anna. Soy bailarina. Una auténtica soñadora. Creo en el amor y en que todos tenemos un propósito en la vida. Todavía me quedan muchos libros por leer, muchos lugares por visitar, canciones que bailar y velas de cumpleaños por soplar. Incluso muchos deseos que cumplir. Entonces ¿qué hago yo en este lugar? Al pasar por delante del número 17 de Swann Street no se advierte nada extraño. Ningún detalle en la fachada de color rosa melocotón sugiere que, en su interior, los teléfonos móviles son confiscados, los espejos están prohibidos, los cuartos de baño se cierran con llave y las residentes deben terminarse seis comidas diarias. Sin excepción. Existe otra regla fundamental en ese lugar,hay una palabra de ocho letras que no debe pronunciarse jamás: anorexia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION *A BookMovement Group Read*A People Pick for Best New Books* Yara Zgheib’s poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman’s struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life. The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps she would make the soloists’ list. Perhaps if she were lighter, danced better, tried harder, she would be good enough. Perhaps if she just ran for one more mile, lost just one more pound. Anna Roux was a professional dancer who followed the man of her dreams from Paris to Missouri. There, alone with her biggest fears – imperfection, failure, loneliness – she spirals down anorexia and depression till she weighs a mere eighty-eight pounds. Forced to seek treatment, she is admitted as a patient at 17 Swann Street, a peach pink house where pale, fragile women with life-threatening eating disorders live. Women like Emm, the veteran; quiet Valerie; Julia, always hungry. Together, they must fight their diseases and face six meals a day. Every bite causes anxiety. Every flavor induces guilt. And every step Anna takes toward recovery will require strength, endurance, and the support of the girls at 17 Swann Street.

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Author:   Yara Zgheib
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Imprint:   Grijalbo
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.505kg
ISBN:  

9788425358395


ISBN 10:   8425358396
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   23 June 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Language:   Spanish

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La critica ha dicho... Una celebracion singular del poder sanador del grupo y de los pequenos gestos. -New York Times Book Review Conmovedora. El retrato sutil de una mujer luchando consigo misma. -Kirkus Un poderoso debut, una cronica de la anorexia magistral. Impresionante. -Publishers Weekly


La critica ha dicho... Una celebracion singular del poder sanador del grupo y de los pequenos gestos. -New York Times Book Review Conmovedora. El retrato sutil de una mujer luchando consigo misma. -Kirkus Un poderoso debut, una cronica de la anorexia magistral. Impresionante. -Publishers Weekly


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Nacida en Líbano, Yara Zgheib ha vivido en Glasgow, Washington y París. Máster en Security Studies por la Universidad de Georgetown y doctorada en Diplomacia Internacional por el Centre d'Études Diplomatiques et Stratégics de París, actualmente escribe artículos para varios medios de gran prestigio como The Huffington Post o A Woman's Paris, así como sobre cultura, arte, viajes y filosofía en su blog Aristotle at Afternoon Tea. Sueños frágiles ha supuesto su espléndido debut en el mundo de la literatura.

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