Two women, one slim and pretty, the other obese, are powerfully drawn to one another. As their relationship develops, fat Dorothy and thin Justine come to reveal what lies beneath the surface of their suburban childhoods and has made them into the lonely adults they are today. This is a daring and intensely emotional first novel from Mary Gaitskill. She has the courage to delve deeply and uncompromisingly into her subject - the female psyche.
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