Betsy Lerner

About The Author

Betsy Lerner is the author of the popular advice book to writers, The Forest for the Trees, and the memoirs Food and Loathing and The Bridge Ladies. She received an MFA from Columbia University in Poetry. A publishing professional for over thirty years, Lerner is a literary agent in New York. Shred Sisters is her first novel.

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Books by Betsy Lerner

Shred Sisters

A Novel

By Betsy Lerner

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From Betsy Lerner, celebrated author of The Bridge Ladies, comes a wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sisters.

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Food and Loathing

A Life Measured Out in Calories

By Betsy Lerner

This “razor-sharp memoir” (Entertainment Weekly) candidly explores Betsy Lerner’s twenty-year battle with depression and compulsive eating.

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