Insatiable
A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia
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4.1 • 82 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
A raw and engrossing memoir of a young mother's addiction to eating disorders and her struggle toward health-now in paperback.
At twenty-four, Erica Rivera appeared to have it all: a B.A., two daughters, a successful husband, a house in the suburbs-and a great body. But under the surface, Erica was struggling with an addiction. She developed a self-destructive obsession with dieting, bingeing, purging, exercising, and, ultimately, anorexia. It wasn't until her very young daughters began to imitate her actions that she decided to get help-and to trace her disordered eating and body-image patterns across three generations of women in her family.
Insatiable is the raw, candid, and ultimately uplifting story of one woman's plunge into the depths of addiction and her fragile fight to climb back out. Getting to the root of her own problems helped her show her own daughters where happiness truly lies: in loving oneself.
Customer Reviews
A Best Friend
While in recovery for anorexia at age 44, this book became my solace. Though counseling and medication play the starring role, Insatiable has won for best supporting influence. I have read Erica's book three times in four months and take away something new each time.
Love, love, love!
I NEVER read a book twice. That said, I'm so glad I bought Erica's book on my iPad so I can go back again and again. Mk