Purge
Flux/Llewellyn Worldwide | forthcoming Fall 2008 | Teen Novel
Inspiration
I met an old friend from college years after we graduated, and he mentioned in passing that he had an eating disorder when we knew each other.
“An eating disorder?” I said. “I didn’t know that.”
“Nobody did.”
“But you’re a guy!”
“So?”
“Guys get eating disorders?”
“Yup.”
That’s all it took.
Summary
Parker Rabinowitz isn’t your typical Jewish teen.
Well, he’s a smart rich kid from the Jersey ’burbs, on his way to med school, overscheduled, overloaded, and living in a pressure-cooker, like everyone else.
But Parker looks different, feels different, and, lately, his behavior has been very different.