Supper Club

The question "If you feed a starving woman, what will she grow into?" is raised in this sharply clever and sensitive debut book about a hidden society of hungry young women who get together after dark and feast to recover their appetites—and their physical places.

Roberta has made it her life's mission to not occupy any space. She is lost and disconnected from life at the age of nearly thirty. She represses her hunger and withdraws into the corners of rooms because she is stuck in a pointless job and is reluctant to follow her passion for eating. However, Roberta's strong friendship with the lively and exuberant artist Stevie causes her to transform and her need for more. Together, they create the Supper Club, an outrageous and exuberant group of women who get together to celebrate their hungers rather than to chastise them. They get together after dark and eat till they are ill; they break into homes and cause havoc; they accept the changes in their bodies; and they quit saying sorry. The club gives these remarkable yet unfulfilled ladies a platform to stretch the limits of their personal space and discover new things. However, as the club grows in size and defiance, Roberta is compelled to face her body's desires and vulnerabilities as well as the history that she has fought so hard to suppress. Savagely humorous and incredibly insightful, Supper Club is a crucial coming-of-age tale for the modern day.