Amazon comHilary Liftin's Candy and Me (A Love Story) is not only a love story, but also the story of an otherwise normal, slender, strong-toothed woman's lifetime obsession with candy and all things sweet With brutal honesty, Liftin exposes herself as insatiable As a child she indulged in cups full of powdered sugar mixed with just enough water обэеу to make a paste which she ate in front of the TV, and multiple packs of hot chocolate mix, licked from her finger on her way home from school She is a connoisseur of every candy you've ever tasted or even heard of, and of many candies you've never (and might never) come across The friendships, love stories, and heartbreaks that make up her life story evolve through tales of candy consumption Her memories of all major and minor life events are tightly woven with Necco Wafers, Snickers, Bottle Caps, Conversation Hearts, Circus Peanuts, Twizzler, Tootsie Rolls, Fireballs, Nonpareils, and countless others Either you'll relate a little, or you'll relate alot You might be shocked by the volume of sugar she's ingested, but her story is familiar She's made friends and lost them, she's fallen in love and had her heart broken And then she's fallen in love again Liftin's story is as sweet as her candy cache --Leora Y BloomBook Description As a seven-year-old child, Hilary Liftin poured herself a glass (or two) of powdered sugar Those forbidden cups soon escalated to pound bags of candy corn and multiple packets of dry cocoa mix, launching the epic love affair between Hilary and all things sweet In Candy and Me: A Love Story, Liftin chronicles her life through candy memories and milestones As a high school student, Hilary used candy to get through track meets, bad hair days, after-school jobs, and her first not-so-great love Her sweet tooth followed her to college, where she tried to suppress the crackle of Smarties wrappers in morning classes Through life's highs and lows, her devotion has never crashed -- candy has been a constant companion and a refuge that sustained her As Liftin recounts her record-setting candy consumption, loves and friendships unfold in a funny and heartbreaking series of bittersweet revelations and restorative meditations Hilary survives a profoundobsession with jelly beans and a camp counselor, a forgettable fling with Skittles at a dot-com, and a messy breakup healed by a friendship forged over Circus Peanuts Through thick and thin, sweet and sour, Hilary confronts the challenges of conversation hearts and the vagaries of boyfriends, searching for that perfect balance of love and sugar Written with a fresh dry humor that will immediately absorb you into Liftin's sweet obsessions and remind you of your own, Candy and Me unwraps the meaning found in the universal desire for connection and confection Treat yourself to Candy and Me -- being bad never read so good Download Description"As a seven-year-old child, Hilary Liftin poured herself a glass (or two) of powdered sugar Those forbidden cups soon escalated to pound bags of candy corn and multiple packets of dry cocoa mix, launching the epic love affair between Hilary and all things sweet In Candy and Me: A Love Story, Liftin chronicles her life through candy memories and milestones As a high school student, Hilary used candy to get through track meets, bad hair days, after-school jobs, and her first not-so-great love Her sweet tooth followed her to college, where she tried to suppress the crackle of Smarties wrappers in morning classes Through life's highs and lows, her devotion has never crashed -- candy has been a constant companion and a refuge that sustained her As Liftin recounts her record-setting candy consumption, loves and friendships unfold in a funny and heartbreaking series of bittersweet revelations and restorative meditations Hilary survives a profound obsession with jelly beans and a camp counselor, a forgettable fling with Skittles at a dot-com, and a messy breakup healed by a friendship forged over Circus Peanuts Through thick and thin, sweet and sour, Hilary confronts the challenges of conversation hearts and the vagaries of boyfriends, searching for that perfect balance of love and sugar Written with a fresh dry humor that will immediately absorb you into Liftin's sweet obsessions and remind you of your own, Candy and Me unwraps the meaning found in the universal desire for connection and confection Treat yourself to Candy and Me -- being bad never read so good ".  Edition2003 г 224 стр ISBN 0743245733.