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03007aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 AEA6D1FECF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 201109s2020 sa b 000 f eng d 020 $a 1770107061 020 $a 9781770107069 035 $a (OCoLC)1204208723 040 $a Z@L $b eng $e rda $c Z@L $d OCLCF $d OI@ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d EEM $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a PR9369.4.D384 $b N68 2020 100 1 $a De Klerk, Vivian A. $q (Vivian Anne), $d 1954- $e author. 245 10 $a Not to mention : $b a novel / $c Vivian de Klerk. 264 1 $a Johannesburg : $b Picador Africa, an imprint of Pan Macmillan South Africa, $c 2020. 300 $a 252 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "As her 21st birthday approaches, Katy Ferreira has not left her bedroom for close on two years. In fact, she has not left her bed - at 360 kilogrammes, she simply can't. Characterised by an indomitable spirit, Katy tries to make the best of a bad situation. She does the crossword in the Herald newspaper her mother brings home, consumes the food she craves - biscuits, pies, doughnuts, litres of fizzy drinks - and waits in hope for insulin and a solution to her plight. To pass the time she begins to compile her own crossword in one of the Croxley notebooks that have been unused since she dropped out of school. Within each cryptic clue is a message, an attempt to explain how it feels to be 'the fat girl', how taking comfort in sweet things as a grieving and lonely child escalated into a deadly relationship with food and a psychological and physical disease. The process triggers splintered memories of dark family secrets and hints of culpability. As Katy finds her voice - quirky, macabre, devastatingly astute and viciously funny at times - the notebooks fill up. Not to Mention is part diary, part memoir, part love-hate letter to the mother who fuelled her daughter's addiction as steadily as the world ostracised her. The destructive power of shame and society's harsh judgement of people who are 'different' is matched by the immense courage of a young woman who is determined to be heard."--Page 4 of cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (page 252). 650 0 $a Diabetes in adolescence $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Overweight teenagers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Overweight persons $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a South African fiction (English) $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Overweight teenagers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01743987 650 7 $a Overweight persons. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01049461 650 7 $a Mothers and daughters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01026997 650 7 $a Diabetes in adolescence. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00892202 650 7 $a South African fiction (English) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01127180 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317013824.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AEA6D1FECF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search