{"product_id":"pork-belly-tacos-with-a-side-of-anxiety-by-yvonne-castaeda-9781595801081","title":"Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvonne Castaeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba, and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo help ease her mami's \u003ci\u003enervios\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvonne becomes a perfectionist from a young age, achieving high grades at school and mastering the piano. But as her Cuban family members openly make comments about her awkward \u003ci\u003edesarrollo\u003c\/i\u003e, or puberty, Yvonne enters a new phase of self-consciousness that begins her obsession with weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe abandons the piano for the high school cheerleading team, and reinvents herself, becoming both skinny and popular. However, as a first-generation adolescent born in the United States, Yvonne wrestles with the conflict between the cultural norms of her Hispanic\/Latino heritage and American societal expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlagued by doubt and low self-esteem, Yvonne begins a vicious cycle of weight gain and loss, as she battles Bulimia Nervosa. Beleaguered by feelings of guilt, shame, and inferiority, she develops anxiety, depression, and a reliance on dangerous coping mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, sage advice from her dear abuela in Guadalajara, Mexico, guides Yvonne to a realization that shifts her perspective of herself and the purpose of her life, providing a foundation for inner peace, and \u003ci\u003ela solucin\u003c\/i\u003e to her past struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607387160812,"sku":"9781595801081","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a0f3824b93801a5610ad31e29383bb36.jpg?v=1778189809","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/pork-belly-tacos-with-a-side-of-anxiety-by-yvonne-castaeda-9781595801081","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}