The Joy of Snacking

New Yorker cartoonist and author of Murder Book Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell returns with a riotous and radically candid comic memoir about snacks, connection, and developing a taste for freedom.From standup comedian,New Yorkercartoonist, and the author ofMurder Bookcomes this fresh comics memoir about being a snacker in a world of foodies. With equal parts humor and unflinching honesty, Hilary traces her life story through food: from her childhood as the ultimate picky eater, her teenage and young adult years of disordered eating, and finally learning to love herself again. Punctuated throughout with ridiculous (but very real! and important!) snack recipes like a baggie of goldfish and burnt toast, Campbell captures the reality of growing up in a womans body in the 90s and 00s in how it shaped her life in work, friendship, and dating. Especially dating. Arent we all seeking love, self-acceptance, and a good snack to get youthrough it?These hilarious stories of family, romance, and belonging prove that if foodcan isolate us, it also has the power to connect us to what matters most.