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A funny, candid, and original coming-of-age story told through sugar addictionShe doesn't drink or do drugs, but like millions of other Americans, Lisa Kotin has a substance abuse problem. Kotin is addicted to sugar. My Confection is a darkly funny and candid memoir of where sugar took this teenage mime when she left her San Francisco Bay Area home in pursuit of artistic greatness. From the strict macrobiotic house where she is kicked out for smuggling Snickers, to her early days of Overeaters Anonymous meetings where she is bewildered by the idea of submitting to a higher power, to the stylish shrink who suggests she figure out how many minutes of tennis equal the calories in one jelly donut, to the men she unwraps and consumes like cheap chocolate bars, Kotin careens from romantic disasters to caloric catastrophes.
About the Author
Lisa Kotin was born and raised in Hillsborough, California. She survived childhood by doing plays about her family. And forcing them to watch. She first attended UCLA where she majored in dance and minored in sugar bingeing. Thousands of candy bars later she graduated NYU School of the Arts in Dramatic Writing. She worked as an office temp by day/solo performance artist by night. Her show TEMPORARY GIRL drew from experience working in over 100 offices. The show toured the U.S. and the U.K. She then wrote/directed/starred in TEMPORARY GIRL the movie, which Leonard Maltin called "Bright and original, with the definite ring of truth." Her first book MY CONFECTION: ODYSSEY OF A SUGAR ADDICT is about three decades of trying to quit the sweet stuff. Michael Moss (Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us) called the manuscript "absorbing, compelling and soul-baring at its best." Eve Schaub (Year of No Sugar) wrote "I am blown away by Kotin's candor and clarity. My Confection is a devastatingly witty, courageous and soul-baring memoir detailing one woman's search for healing in the face of addiction. If ever anyone doubted the scientific finding that sugar can be more addictive than cocaine, they should read this book."
