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Essay: The Hunger Strike.(fasting at a spa)
the hunger strike
Armed only with a desire to purify her body (and a single macaroon in her purse), one woman checked into a clinic for a two-week fast -- and quickly learned that there is more than one kind of appetite. By Edna O'Brien
It was a low, white building set at the foot of the Sierra Blanca moun-tains with a view of the ocean. There was a lush garden, tiled steps leading up to the reception hall, and an ambience like a luxury hotel, except that this was a journey of penance rather than indulgence. I had come to a fasting clinic in Spain for the required two-week stay, and already incipient doubt was creeping in. I dreaded two weeks, with a ...
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