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Enter to win an Advance Reader's Copy! A funny, candid, and original coming-of-age story told through a battle with sugar addiction. She doesn't drink or do drugs, but like millions of other Americans, Lisa Kotin has a substance abuse problem: she is addicted to sugar. My Confection is a darkly funny and candid memoir about where sugar took this teenage mime when she left her San Francisco Bay-area home in pursuit of artistic greatness. From the strict macrobiotic house where she is kicked out for smuggling in Snickers to her early days in Overeaters Anonymous, to the stylish shrink who suggests she figure out how many minutes of tennis equal the calories in one jelly donut and the men she consumes like cheap chocolate bars, Kotin careens from romantic disasters to caloric catastrophes. Original and surprisingly affecting, this portrait of a sugar addict focuses not on losing weight or getting fit but in coming out of the sugar closet, finding allies, and learning how to live healthfully in spite of her compulsion.