She lives in London and Brooklyn, New York. Lionel Shriver, as always, is blunt and matter-of-fact as she talks about her book, Big Brother, and the problem of obesity. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian and the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications. Lionel Shrivers new novel is a frank account of tortured family relationships that reveals the authors unease about her brothers death from obesity.

From the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That and the international. Lionel Shriver’s novels include the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Rich with Shriver’s distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat: why we overeat and whether extreme diets ever really work. Lionel Shrivers own brother, Greg, had been a looker in younger age but battled morbid obesity and, it is implied, sibling envy. Big Brother: A Novel (P.S.) Paperback Jby Lionel Shriver (Author) 2,139 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.99 43 Used from 2.99 5 New from 15.83 8 Collectible from 16. Buy a cheap copy of Big Brother book by Lionel Shriver. With Shriver’s distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother not only examines why we overeat, but asks more pressingly still: just how much should you sacrifice for someone who refuses to be saved? And it’s only a matter of time before Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum, it’s him or me. What happened? Soon Edison’s appalling diet and know-it-all monologues are driving Pandora and her husband Fletcher insane.

The once slim, hip pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. But when Edison arrives in Iowa, suddenly in need of a place to stay, Pandora literally doesn’t recognize him. Now she revels in the anonymity of her suburban Iowa life, while her brother basks in the limelight as a New York jazz musician. Pandora has looked up to her older brother Edison since they were children.

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