{"product_id":"9781595801401","title":"Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety : My Journey through Depression, Bulimia, and Addiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castañeda 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 nervios, 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 desarrollo, 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\u003e \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 la solución to her past struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Santa Monica Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42498882928715,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1246.08,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/0023\/7387\/files\/9781595801401-1.jpg?v=1783457712","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.co.th\/products\/9781595801401","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Thailand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}