Big Brother

I enjoyed reading Big Brother by Lionel Shriver which is about a woman, Pandora, who has her brother come to stay with her family for a while.  Pandora is horrified to see her brother, Edison, is now morbidly obese.  Edison had some life-changing events - marriage fell apart, no more work for him as a musician, friends have turned away.  Pandora decides that the only way she can help Edison is to be his diet coach in a new home away from her family for one year.  She has made a great sacrifice to help her brother.  Pandora's husband Fletcher is not happy about the arrangement.  So the story tells what happens during that year, and then what happens after.  Makes the reader  think about food and our obsession with the "perfect" body.  Interesting. 4/5