Food School (2022)

Synopsis

A twenty-something college dropout enrolls in a full-time outpatient program for eating disorder recovery. As they change their relationship with food, their relationships with people change, too.

Olive’s post-secondary education isn’t what they’d planned. Instead of college, they spend five days a week, eight hours a day at what Olive calls “Food School”: a full-time outpatient program for eating disorder recovery where they learn, talk, and cry about eating disorders as part of a survivor support group.

Intensely committed to recovery, Olive confronts the secretive, self-destructive, and sometimes tragically comedic nature of their illness, while struggling with the complexities of modern mental health care. With support and perspective from their roommate, a fellow patient, and their partner, Olive learns to open up about their abusive relationship with food and exercise–and finds ways to cope with the reality of living in a society that actively encourages disordered eating.

From: Conundrum Press

Notes on This Title

A content warning for the following is provided:

  • eating disorders
  • exercise purging
  • suicidal ideation

Awards

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Reviews

“Jade Armstrong blends manga and indie comics aesthetics into bittersweet hilarity.” (Source: The Beat)

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