Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
of Harriet Brown (Goodreads Author)
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âOne of the most up to date, relevant, and honest accounts of one familyâs battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history, and heart throughout this compelling and tender story.ââLynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders AssociationâAs a woman who once knew the grip of a life-controlling eating disorder, I held my breath reading Harriet Brownâs story. As a mother of daughters, I wept for her. Then cheered.ââJoyce Maynard, author of Labor DayIn Brave Girl Eating, the chronicle of a familyâs struggle with anorexia nervosa, journalist, professor, and author Harriet Brown recounts in mesmerizing and horrifying detail her daughter Kittyâs journey from near-starvation to renewed health. Brave Girl Eating is an intimate, shocking, compelling, and ultimately uplifting look at the ravages of a mental illness that affects more than 18 million Americans.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288 pages
- Publisher William Morrow
- Publication Date August 24th 2010
- First Publication 08/09/10
- Language English
- ISBN 9780061725470
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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