GOING HUNGRY

Here,collectedforthefirsttime,19writersdescribetheireatingdisordersfromthedistanceofrecovery,exposingasneverbeforetheanorexic'sself-enclosedworld.Takingupissuesincludingdepression,genetics,sexuality,sports,religion,fashionandfamily,theseessaysexaminetheroleanorexiaplaysinayoungperson'ssearchfordirection.Powerfulandimmenselyinformative,thiscollectionmakesaccessiblethemindsetofadiseasethathaslongbeenmisunderstood.WithessaysbyPriscillaBecker,FrancescaLiaBlock,MayaBrowne,JenniferEgan,ClaraElliot,AmandaFortini,LouiseGlück,LatriaGraham,FrancineduPlessixGray,TrishaGura,SarahHaight,LisaHalliday,ElizabethKadetsky,MauraKelly,IlanaKurshan,JoyceMaynard,JohnNolan,RudyRuiz,andKateTaylor.