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A Diary of my Former Self
Berkley
April 2001
240 pages ISBN: 0425178900 Trade Size
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Non-Fiction Memoir
When Lori Gottlieb was 11 years old, she did something
girls that age often do: She started a diary. And like far
too many other 11-year-old girls, she also began starving
herself. Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self chronicles
her transformation from a bright, healthy kid into a
hospital patient on the verge of death, and it illustrates
how a young girl can become convinced that anorexia is the
answer to her preadolescent confusion. With an edgy wit and keenly observant eye, Stick Figure
delivers an engrossing glimpse into the mind of a girl in
transition to adulthood. Fortunately, the 11-year-old Lori
recorded her journey to recovery in her diary, and her story
is funny, slyly insightful, and surprisingly universal. An unflinchingly candid, bitingly funny debut, Stick
Figure's compelling mix of irreverent humor, satire and
autobiography offers dead-on observances about everything
from mothers to the medical profession, gender roles to the
absurdities of society's obsession with beauty.
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