Books to Read

Girl, Interrupted

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:09:17 -0500

In the late 1960s, the author spent nearly two years on the ward for teenage girls at McLean Hospital, a renowned psychiatric facility. Her memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perceptions, while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. "Searing . . . captures an exquisite range of self-awareness between madness and insight."--Boston Globe.

http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Interrupted-Susanna-Kaysen/dp/...

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Unwell: a novel

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:11:20 -0500

“This is an important read for anyone dealing with an eating disorder: the individual, the family or friends. Ms. Lipton conveys a touching portrayal of the struggles involved with trying to overcome this illness.”
—Cynthia R. Pegler, MD,
Adolescent Medicine Specialist

“A riveting and sensitive journey into the world of a teenage girl plagued by Anorexia Nervosa. A detailed, realistic account of the internal struggles and conflicts that exist in the mind of someone with an eating disorder. An important book to read for anyone dealing with a loved one with anorexia.”
—Jane Karp, MD
Psychiatrist

“Lipton’s ‘Unwell’ is extremely well written and invites the reader into the candid journey of an eating disordered girl and her thoughts. This is a valuable read for parents as they try to understand this complicated illness from the inside out.”
—Lynn Grefe
CEO, National Eating Disorders Association

http://www.amazon.com/Unwell-novel-Leslie-Lipton/dp/05954...

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Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:56:08 -0500

Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Through five lengthy hospital stays, endless therapy, and the loss of family, friends, jobs, and all sense of what it means to be "normal," Marya Hornbacher lovingly embraced her anorexia and bulimia -- until a particularly horrifying bout with the disease in college put the romance of wasting away to rest forever. A vivid, honest, and emotionally wrenching memoir, Wasted is the story of one woman's travels to reality's darker side -- and her decision to find her way back on her own terms.

http://www.amazon.com/Wasted-Memoir-Anorexia-Bulimia-P-S/...

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