Alongside, she writes reflections and thoughts she has had about weight in general.
The author specifies that this book is a memoir or a history of her body. Gay definitely emphasises the great shame that comes with being overweight from the pressures of society and beauty standards, to the health distresses, and the many side-effects of being obese. This book does not justify morbid obesity as healthy, nor does it provide excuses as to why the author is not thin. She emphasises in the first chapters that this book is not a diet book, or a self-help book. Hunger is my first Roxane Gay book and my introduction to the author.
