{"product_id":"9781772620962","title":"Food School","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlive'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.\u003cbr\u003eIntensely 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.\u003cbr\u003eIn this fictional slice of life comic, Jade Armstrong ( \u003ci\u003eScout Is Not a Band Kid\u003c\/i\u003e ) explores the ways our relationships with food impact our connections with the people we love.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"River Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Conundrum Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-04-15","offer_id":44413975593215,"sku":"9781772620962","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a9391860-bfd6-4d0c-a08c-1a2822fe718e.jpg?v=1697657561","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781772620962","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}