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The Girls at 17 Swann Street: A Novel (2019 original; edició 2019)

de Yara Zgheib (Autor)

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Yara Zgheib's poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman's struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life. The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, and the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps she would make the soloists' list. Perhaps if she were lighter, danced better, tried harder, she would be good enough. Perhaps if she just ran for one more mile, lost just one more pound. Anna Roux was a professional dancer who followed the man of her dreams from Paris to Missouri. There, alone with her biggest fears - imperfection, failure, loneliness - she spirals down anorexia and depression till she weighs a mere eighty-eight pounds. Forced to seek treatment, she is admitted as a patient at 17 Swann Street, a peach pink house where pale, fragile women with life-threatening eating disorders live. Women like Emm, the veteran; quiet Valerie; Julia, always hungry. Together, they must fight their diseases and face six meals a day. Every bite causes anxiety. Every flavor induces guilt. And every step Anna takes toward recovery will require strength, endurance, and the support of the girls at 17 Swann Street.… (més)
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Títol:The Girls at 17 Swann Street: A Novel
Autors:Yara Zgheib (Autor)
Informació:St. Martin's Press (2019), 384 pages
Col·leccions:La teva biblioteca, Llegint actualment, Llista de desitjos, Per llegir, Llegit, però no el tinc, Preferits
Valoració:*****
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I predict already that this will be my favorite book of 2019 and the favorite book of many. This story would easily work in other formats, such as movie and even college discussions. The Girls at 17 Swann Street is a story about a character named Ann Roux, originally from France, in the US with the love of her life Matthias, and how all the combined traumas and tragedies of her life led her to the residential home for anorexics and bulimics on 17 Swann Street. The street name denotes beauty, but this story clearly portrays how ugly the road is for those who suffer from either condition.

The story itself is written very elegantly. The words flow and captivate. The spacing of the dialogue makes it easy to understand exactly what is happening. The ending so very neatly tied up the beginning of the story and was so eloquent that I had tears in my eyes at the end. There are a lot of tearful moments in this story. The story really does give a 3D view of the good, the bad and the ugly. In fact, I was shocked at one statistic about the failure rate of recovering from an eating disorder if dismissed from the program in THREE MONTHS! The details were so amazing that it is hard to believe that this was not based on someone's actual account with anorexia.

Other things I like about the book: At the end, it discusses that if you see any part of yourself in any of the characters in this story to seek help. This is a very timely message as last month was National Suicide Month. And if you did not know that eating disorders are a mental disorder versus being OCD or defiant or having lack of willpower, you SO understand it is as this story lets you "hear" the continual mind-dialogue these poor girls hear on a constant basis daily. No rest for the mind, that is for sure!

I liked seeing the actual medical log pages of progress with Anna regaining the ability to eat normally on her own. Even with massive amounts of calories, weight gain was very slow due to the damage to long-term diet to her internal organs. I also appreciated the realism that no matter how nice people were or how much help was available, some ultimately were overcome with their own demons and they died. The Girls on 17 Swann Street were not there because life was pretty for them. They were there because life had taken very bad turns and twists and made them realize how UGLY life was! Therefore, I see the symbolism in the title, with the word "swan" bringing the idea of an ugly duckling has some living to do before he becomes a swan.

Most books I only want to read once. This one was so full of meaning and heart that I would pick it up again to read again. I am sure that every time I read it, I would "catch" something else that I did not catch the first time. Be prepared not to want to put this book down. ( )
  doehlberg63 | Dec 2, 2023 |
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

THE GIRLS OF 17 SWANN STREET is a poignant and haunting story of a girl who is battling anorexia only because those around her want her to “get better”. Her demons and self-loathing have caused her to deny herself foods that she used to love. Her marriage is slipping away, full of unspoken words as Anna becomes thinner and thinner. Finally, her husband brings her to 17 Swann Street, where she will undergo treatment.

The author’s way of demonstrating the character’s struggle is intense – the reader is thrown into Anna’s mind through internal rumination and flashbacks, which serve to illuminate the deepest thoughts of an anorexic. Anna is not sure if she wants to live or die, even as those around her suffer with the same affliction and vanish. Throughout the course of the story Anna’s fate remains uncertain, as she takes one step forward and two steps back. Her struggle to consume enough calories under the watchful eyes of the clinic staff (who go un-named in an effort to dehumanize them, an excellent tactic by the author) is laid bare as she is shamed publicly for hiding a small bit of cream cheese in her napkin and then throwing it out.

As I read I wondered when Anna was just going to give up – her character is severely depressed and tragic. She does everything in her power to drive her husband away, despite his constant visits. She battles the staff over each mouthful of food she is forced to eat. In fact, she is such a morose person that at times I wished she would make a choice, rather than simply give up. However, it sounds like the author either did excellent research or she has personal experience with the disorder, because Anna’s behavior is exactly what you would expect from someone with depression and concurrent anorexia.

The book is an easy read – I got through it in one day because I was driven to know what would happen to Anna. As I mentioned before, at times I wasn’t sure if I was on her side or not. It was heartbreaking to see her shunning her husband, who clearly adored her. It was frustrating to see her work really hard, then seemingly change her mind and give in to her old habits. Self-care is not easy when you hate yourself, and Anna’s character is proof that the mind can be an evil, overpowering entity that robs one of the ability to control their life. I felt the cold fingers of depression reaching for me once I finished the book – it’s so real that it gets into your own head and makes you wonder if you are ok, if you will be ok. ( )
  kwskultety | Jul 4, 2023 |
3.5 very quick read. Think it didn’t really address some of Anna’s life events that lead to her anorexia. ( )
  cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 |
Amazing portrayal of inpatient treatment of anorexia and other eating disorders. This was painful to read at times, hopeful, and so sensitively rendered. Anna, formerly a ballerina in Paris, moves with her husband to Missouri. But slowly over the course of several years, her eating disorder begins to take over her life and she is admitted to 17 Swann Street, where she confronts the anxieties she’s developed around food. This almost reads a little like a memoir as we slowly learn Anna’s past, learn more about the other girls there, and watch her treatment unfold. Really well written.

Trigger Warnings: eating disorders, suicide

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
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  KatKinney | Mar 3, 2022 |
26-year old Anna Roux is anorexic, weighs just 88 pounds, and is slipping away, when she enter a residential treatment program for eating disorders at 17 Swann Street. Clearly, reminiscent of her own battles, Yara Zgheib tells a powerful story about a disease about which little is openly discussed. The novel goes back and forth between her history as a ballet dancer, who never recovered mentally from an injury, an shaming ex-boyfriend, and her happy marriage to Matthias, who is unable to help her by himself. Instead, he visits daily while she is in treatment and being forced to increase her caloric intake and deal with other programming. Anna also finds comfort from the other women inn the program (and provides them the same in return), as they face their own private and sometimes shared demons. Important reading for anyone dealing with eating disorders. ( )
  skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |
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Yara Zgheib's poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman's struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life. The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, and the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps she would make the soloists' list. Perhaps if she were lighter, danced better, tried harder, she would be good enough. Perhaps if she just ran for one more mile, lost just one more pound. Anna Roux was a professional dancer who followed the man of her dreams from Paris to Missouri. There, alone with her biggest fears - imperfection, failure, loneliness - she spirals down anorexia and depression till she weighs a mere eighty-eight pounds. Forced to seek treatment, she is admitted as a patient at 17 Swann Street, a peach pink house where pale, fragile women with life-threatening eating disorders live. Women like Emm, the veteran; quiet Valerie; Julia, always hungry. Together, they must fight their diseases and face six meals a day. Every bite causes anxiety. Every flavor induces guilt. And every step Anna takes toward recovery will require strength, endurance, and the support of the girls at 17 Swann Street.

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