Helen RandellEating Lolly
November 9th 2008 10:10
Eating Lolly by Corrie Hosking
Eating Lolly, written by Corrie Hocking is the tale of Lolly, her mother and her grandmother. Through the generations, these women have used food as a way to show their emotion. For love, Lolly’s mother gives her treats and when Lolly reaches her teens and wants to rebel, she does it through a strict diet and avoids all that her mother serves her.
Although the story itself is not terribly fast paced or enthralling, I was fascinated by the way Corrie has highlighted our close emotional connection with food. Not only is food a necessity for survival, the way people offer, or refuse food is a form of control. In the book, if Lolly has had an accident and scraped her knee, or if she is sad, her mother will ‘make it better’ with an anzac biscuit or a slice of cheese. Somewhat predictably, this habit of eating for comfort affects the women of all generations, leading to body image problems and eating disorders.
My favourite parts of the book were the descriptions Corrie gives for the family veggie patch and how each meal was cooked – with love.
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