My Body in Pieces

By: Marie-Noëlle Hébert

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Synopsis: A deeply emotional graphic memoir of a young woman’s struggles with self-esteem and body image issues.All Marie-Noëlle wants is to be thin and beautiful. She wishes that her thighs were slimmer, that her stomach lay flatter. Maybe then her parents wouldn’t make fun of her eating habits at family dinners, the girls at school wouldn’t call her ugly, and the boy she likes would ask her out. This all-too-relatable memoir follows Marie-Noëlle from childhood to her twenties, as she navigates what it means to be born into a body that doesn’t fall within society’s beauty standards.When, as a young teen, Marie-Noëlle begins a fitness regime in an effort to change her body, her obsession with her weight and size only grows and she begins having suicidal thoughts. Fortunately for Marie-Noëlle, a friend points her in the direction of therapy, and slowly, she begins to realize that she doesn’t need the approval of others to feel whole.Marie-Noëlle Hébert’s debut graphic memoir is visually stunning and drawn entirely in graphite pencil, depicting a deeply personal and emotional journey that encourages us to all be ourselves without apology. Key Text Featuresgraphic novelcomic style

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 104 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781773064857
Related ISBNs:: 9781773064840, 9781773064864
Publisher:: Groundwood Books Ltd
Date of Addition:: 06/08/21
Copyrighted By:: Les Éditions XYZ Inc.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs, Psychology, Sociology
Grade Levels:: Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Reading Age:: 14–18
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:: Shelley Tanaka