Everything you need to understand or teach How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann.
Maria Adelmann's How to Be Eaten is a novel about five modern women attending group narrative therapy for the traumas in their pasts that made them famous. Bernice dated a murderer with a blue beard, Ruby was eaten by a wolf, Ashlee was a contestant on a reality television program, Gretel was abandoned as a child, and Raina married a famous man after falling in love with an imp. As the women discuss their histories, they develop a deep bond with one another. Together, they must fight against their therapist to protect their stories once they realize he has only gathered them together to exploit them. The novel explores the past, fame, guilt, stories, and power.