FICTION

Eat Only When You're Hungry

by Lindsay Hunter
Farrar. Aug. 2017. 224p. ISBN 9780374146153. $25; ebk. ISBN 9780374715991. F
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Addiction is not an easy topic to describe, but Hunter (Ugly Girls) nails it when she creates Greg, a junk-food junkie, whose adult son GJ has been missing for at least three weeks. GJ has been to drug and alcohol rehab several times but has consistently gone back to using. Greg decides he must find GJ, so he heads for Florida on a trip that takes him to his ex-wife's home, to various bars and strip joints, and even to the home of his estranged father. As he travels south, Greg's memories of his earlier life, his mistakes, his failures, and his few happy moments all come back to him. Nothing that he does, however, helps him find GJ.
VERDICT Hunter is a proponent of "flash fiction," and each chapter reads like an example of that genre. As Greg's obsession with his son's whereabouts intensifies, his memories and own personal addictions will jolt readers, who won't be able to put down this grim but compelling tale.
Reviewed by Andrea Kempf, formerly with Johnson Cty. Community Coll. Lib., Overland Park, KS , Aug 01, 2017
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