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A Mother And Daughter Fight Anorexia
Berkley
August 2009
On Sale: August 4, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 0425227901
EAN: 9780425227909
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A unique eating-disorder memoir written by a mother and daughter. Unbeknownst to food critic Sheila Himmelβas she reviewed exotic cuisines from bistro to brasserieβ her daughter, Lisa, was at home starving herself. Before Sheila fully grasped what was happening, her fourteen-year- old with a thirst for life and a palate for the flavors of Vietnam and Afghanistan was replaced by a weight-obsessed, antisocial, hundredpound nineteen-year-old. From anorexia to bulimia and back againβmany timesβthe Himmels feared for Lisa's life as her disorder took its toll on her physical and emotional well-being. Hungry is the first memoir to connect eating disorders with a food-obsessed culture in a very personal way, following the stumbles, the heartbreaks, and even the funny moments as a mother-daughter relationshipβand an entire familyβstruggles toward healing.
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