Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn`t count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can`t stomach... The Edible Woman is a funny, engaging novel about emotional cannibalism, men and women, and desire to be consumed.