Holly's older sister, Giselle, is self-destructing.Haunted by her troubled relationship with her late father, Giselle is fighting an all-consuming battle with anorexia. Once a role model and top medical student,her life is spiraling out of control.

A remarkable book about the devastating effects of eating disorders on both the person suffering from the illness and those around them.

Holly's older sister, Giselle, is self-destructing.Haunted by her troubled relationship with her late father, Giselle is fighting an all-consuming battle with anorexia. Once a role model and top medical student,her life is spiraling out of control.

As a track star, Holly struggles to keep her own life in balance while coping with her sister's mental and physical deterioration. And together they are holding on for dear life.

Told from both girls' per-spectives as they narrate alternating chapters, Skinny explores love, pain, and the hunger for acceptance that drives us all.