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"I'm a glutton in a greyhound's body, a walking contradiction, in the grip of the one thing I can't have—food." Food is not just sustenance. It is memories, a lobster roll on the beach in Maine; heritage, hot pastrami club with a half-sour pickle; guilty pleasures, a chocolate rum-soaked Bundt cake; identity, vegetarian or carnivore. Food is the sensuality of a ripe strawberry or a pork chop sizzling on the grill. But what if the very thing that keeps you alive, that bonds us together and marks occasions in our lives, became a toxic substance, an inflammatory invader? In this beautifully written memoir, both gut-wrenching and inspiring, award-winning writer Jon Reiner explores our complex and often contradictory relationship with food as he tells the story of his agonizing battle with Crohn's disease—and the extraordinary places his hunger and obsession with food took him. The Man Who Couldn't Eat is an unvarnished account of a marriage in crisis, children faced with grown-up fears, a man at a life-and-death crossroads sifting through his past and his present. And it shows us a tough, courageous climb out of despair and hopelessness. Aided by the loving kindness of family, friends

Author

Jon Reiner

Publisher

New York: Gallery Books

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439192542

Subjects

Memoir, Medical, Biography

Rating

3.2 / 5 (362 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14