

Size Zero
Author: Victoire Dauxerre
Narrator: Emily Lucienne
Unabridged: 6 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: William Collins
Published: 02/09/2017
Author: Victoire Dauxerre
Narrator: Emily Lucienne
Unabridged: 6 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: William Collins
Published: 02/09/2017
I like to read books of this (depressing) nature every once in awhile to help remind me that my hard fought body confidence (that sometimes still falters) is way more satisfying than the obsessive life lived with disordered eating. It is a well told story of a glamorous industry that is not really t......more
This book was advertised to me as something entirely about the fashion and modeling industry and how shitty it is - unfortunately, it's maybe just 10% of that? The rest is basically a personal diary about anorexia (not saying that's a bad thing), written poorly (maybe it's just the translation?) and......more
Such a shame. I was really looking forward to this book--I love these kinds of exposès, and I'd seen Victoire interviewed and she seemed so nice and down to earth. I'm hoping something got lost in translation because, to put it lightly, in this memoir she comes across as an unbearable brat. Most every......more
A travers ce livre l'autrice nous livre un véritable témoignage sur le monde de la mode et du mannequinat. Nous suivons sa vie de mannequin du début à la fin de sa carrière. De plus, il nous montre les habitudes alimentaires que sont obligée de prendre les jeunes filles pour réussir dans ce milieu i......more
‘What makes Size Zero unique and persuasive is that it is a highly intelligent girl’s dark snapshot of the reality of this modern fairy-tale. What is unusual is how, bravely, Dauxerre names names – even the big ones’ Sunday Times ‘It is rare for someone to blow the whistle so spectacularly as Dauxerre. Hers is a salutary tale of abuse in plain sight. Hopefully her book will be a force for good’ Evening Standard ‘A poignant book’ Elle ‘This book has an important purpose’ Times