Valerie Chu spends all her time and energy on being the perfect daughter. She’s quiet, studies hard, and most importantly, she stays as thin as possible. Binging and purging is her greatest secret, and not even her closest friends know about her eating disorder. Of course, this isn’t a long-term option and Valerie comes face to face with her darkest self as she reexamines what is important and how to treat her body despite the toxic ways she interacts with her family.
Author and artist Victoria Ying takes on an extremely difficult subject with emotional intelligence and great care. For readers recovering from an eating disorder Hungry Ghosts may be triggering.
Hungry Ghosts is now available from First Second Press.
