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Brave Girl Eating
"One of the most up to date, relevant, and honest accounts of one family's battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history, and heart throughout this compelling and tender story."
--Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders Association
"As a woman who once knew the grip of a life-controlling eating disorder, I held my breath reading Harriet Brown's story. As a mother of daughters, I wept for her. Then cheered."
--Joyce Maynard, author of Labor Day
In Brave Girl Eating, the chronicle of a family's struggle with anorexia nervosa, journalist, professor, and author Harriet Brown recounts in mesmerizing and horrifying detail her daughter Kitty's 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.
Book Details
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company
- Publish Date: Sep 13rd, 2011
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.40in - 0.70in - 0.47lb
- EAN: 9780061725487
- Categories: • Women• Psychopathology - Eating Disorders• Mental Health
About the Author
Harriet Brown is a regular contributor to the New York Times and also has written for O, Redbook, Psychology Today, and other publications. Her previous books include Feed Me!, which is also the title of her popular blog that covers food, weight, and body image (harrietbrown.blogspot.com).
Praise for this book
"As a woman who once knew the grip of a life-controlling eating disorder, I held my breath reading Harriet Brown's story. As a mother of daughters, I wept for her. Then cheered." - Joyce Maynard
"BRAVE GIRL EATING is one of the most up to date, relevant and honest accounts of one family's battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history and heart throughout this compelling and tender story. Brave Girl Eating was fortunate to have one brave family." - Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders Association
"One of the most up to date, relevant and honest accounts of one family's battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history and heart throughout this compelling and tender story. Brave Girl Eating was fortunate to have one brave family." - Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders Association
"Harriet Brown is an intelligent, elegant writer and this book offers both solace and useful information for families struggling with eating disorders." - Audrey Niffenegger
"[BRAVE GIRL EATING] is an inspirational story of one courageous family's fight against anorexia nervosa. We feel the heart-wrenching nature of anorexia through the eyes of a mother who will never give her daughter up. But more importantly we learn that anorexia can be defeated and about current research and treatments that can be part of the journey back to well-being." - Susan Paxton, Professor, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University