Raw
The diary of an anorexic
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3.6 • 15 Ratings
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- £0.99
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- £0.99
Publisher Description
Lydia was 19 years old and enjoying university with a loving family and great friends when she became anorexic. The doctors told her that she would die.
This is Lydia’s account of what anorexia did to her, how it changed her and how it impacted on her family, friends and all her choices in life. Her story is told through letters and blogs that Lydia wrote at the best and worst of times, notes from her parent s and friends desperately trying to find a way through to her and doctors notes with the horrific exacting details.
Lydia is now 23 and ‘recovering’. She strongly believes that recovery is possible, and feels she is almost there. She wrote her book to explain her deepest thoughts and to explain the painful mental torture that she endured and overcame. And she wrote it in the hope that others suffering would relate to it, and that other families watching their loved ones will be touched and understand more deeply how an eating disorder really feels.
Customer Reviews
Wow.
I'm so proud of you Lydia. I love you so much. KC xxx
Very disappointed
I have read thousands of books and I can safely say I have never got halfway through a book then decided not to read any more. I have always seen books through until the end, even the most boring of books, before I've made my judgement. This one, however, I honestly just couldn't finish. I don't understand how it's passed publishing? It's incredibly boring despite its enthralling synopsis and I wouldn't have written this review had I not been genuinely bemused as to why I was charged for the thing. I understand how horrific the author must have felt during the time she was ill and how much this book must mean to her but I don't think it was worthy of publishing. I'm sorry if this offends anyone but it's my opinion. I hope very much that the author is better and doing well and hope nobody takes this review personally - again, it is my opinion that's all. I'm sure others have enjoyed it but unfortunately I just didn't. 'The time in between' by Nancy tucker is an excellent read for anyone interested in learning about the effects eating disorders have on not only the victim but their family and friends.