Life-Size by Jenefer Shute

Author:Jenefer Shute [Shute, Jenefer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 1992-04-27T04:00:00+00:00

Two days later, after my morning shower, I unwrapped my towel (several ounces), peed (several more), unpinned my hair, aligned the red needle precisely with zero, took a deep breath, stepped up, and opened my eyes.

111 pounds.

It was working. I could do it.

My resolve redoubled itself.

But on the third day, late in the afternoon, after nothing but black coffee for breakfast and Tab for lunch, a frantic, shaky ravenousness overcame me. Almost before I knew what I was doing—part of me was trying to take advantage of this attack before the rest caught up—I found myself feeding a vending machine in the school basement and wolfing down the Mars bar that it whelped. It tasted sickening and wouldn’t fill my mouth, melting before I could sink my teeth into it. Cram as I might, it filled me only with disgust. So I immediately ate another.

Sugary bile rose in my throat, bringing tears to my eyes.

I was hopeless: I’d never have the slightest control.

There was only one thing to do: start again, tomorrow, this time forever.

Whose body was this, anyway?

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