I'm currently finishing up my second novel, called Christmas: An Anorexic's Account. Pretty happy with it, especially given that my goal was to have it done by Christmas and I never accomplish my goals. Here's the synopsis:
Meghan is a freshman at the state university and a newly formed anorexic who is visiting home for the holidays. This story follows her throughout the day as she sneakily tries to avoid breakfast, lunch, and dinner; while at the same time documenting the trials and tribulations she goes through with her family members and her long-term boyfriend. Meghan's mother is an ex anorexic and is suspicious of Meghan's anorexia. Megan's sister Wendy is jealous and overweight. Meghan's dad is clueless. Basically every anorexic family.
Sorry it's such a short run-down - I'm not quite done it yet so I don't really know what happens at the end. I'm trying to target the teen market, so I had to make Meghan quite immature. For example, she goes so far as to suggestively delude her pervy uncle in order to make him her ally and do things like eat the food off her plate. This obviously creates a twisted triangle of tension between Meghan, her boyfriend, and Uncle David.
Looking forward to having it done for 2011 :)
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