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Hungry
- A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia
- Narrated by: Mia Chiaromonte, Tamara Marston
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A unique eating-disorder memoir written by a mother and daughter.
Unbeknownst to food critic Sheila Himmel-as she reviewed exotic cuisines from bistro to brasserie- her daughter, Lisa, was at home starving herself. Before Sheila fully grasped what was happening, her 14-year-old with a thirst for life and a palate for the flavors of Vietnam and Afghanistan was replaced by a weight-obsessed, antisocial, 100 pound 19-year-old. From anorexia to bulimia and back again - many times - the 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 relationship - and an entire family - struggles toward healing.
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- Kirin
- 29-11-2019
Misleading
I wish I'd read the reviews before even giving this book a shot. For this book to be called an anorexia memoir is an insult not only to the daughter but to everyone who has battled eating disorders. I can understand the mother's understanding of wanting to explain things but it's so lengthy and repetitive that the mother soon seems egotistical making this story about her entire life and experience and work. I gave the book a chance till halfway and by than I was getting seriously angry at the mother and the sheer ignorance of the importance of telling the real story. Her daughters battle. seriously don't even give it a chance, so much better memoirs out there.
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