Eat My Heart Out

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Eat My Heart Out is a darkly comic, feminist coming-of-age novel by British writer and critic Zoe Pilger that follows a young woman’s chaotic search for identity, love, and meaning in contemporary London.

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instanceOf comic novel
coming-of-age novel
feminist novel
novel
author Zoe Pilger
awarded Betty Trask Award
surface form: Society of Authors Betty Trask Award
centralTheme female friendship
feminism
love
meaning in modern life
mental health
search for identity
self-destruction
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception generally positive reviews
depicts art world in London
contemporary London youth culture
nightlife in London
genre coming-of-age fiction
dark comedy
feminist fiction
hasISBN 9781781253279
hasSubject art and performance
family relationships
gender politics
post-feminism
sexual relationships
urban alienation
hasTone darkly comic
ironic
satirical
languageStyle colloquial
experimental
literaryMovement contemporary British literature
mainCharacter Ann-Marie
narrativePerspective first-person narrative
notableFor feminist critique of romance
portrayal of chaotic young adulthood
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 2014
publisher Serpent's Tail
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London
settingPeriod contemporary era
targetAudience adult readers

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Zoe Pilger notableWork Eat My Heart Out
Zoe Pilger awardReceivedFor Eat My Heart Out