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A review by elnechnntt
Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger by Fiona Wright
4.0
Insightful, eloquent, elegant, intelligent & extraordinarily self-aware. Wright has clearly put a lot of thought, care and attention into the decision to writing her story.
Her prose is just wonderful, and despite the intimate and traumatic subject matter and experiences she shares, this completely avoided the whole ‘sick lit’ and ‘trauma porn’ trope that many of these books fall victim to.
I loved her ownership of her experiences, her placement into wider themes and literature around addiction and eating disorders, but most of all her beautiful authenticity. A stunning voice in memoir essays.
Her prose is just wonderful, and despite the intimate and traumatic subject matter and experiences she shares, this completely avoided the whole ‘sick lit’ and ‘trauma porn’ trope that many of these books fall victim to.
I loved her ownership of her experiences, her placement into wider themes and literature around addiction and eating disorders, but most of all her beautiful authenticity. A stunning voice in memoir essays.