| Description |
xliv, 306 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Nineteen writers describe their eating disorders from the distance of recovery, exposing as never before the anorexic's self-enclosed world. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Kate Taylor -- Hunger striking / Maura Kelly -- To poison an ideal / Ilana Kurshan -- Daughters of the diet revolution / Jennifer Egan -- On thin ice / Francine du Plessix Gray -- Hungry men / John Nolan -- Black-and-white thinking / Latria Graham -- Education of the poet / Louise Glück -- Big little / Priscilla Becker -- The ghost of Gordolfo Gelatino / Rudy Ruiz -- Earthly imperfections / Lisa Halliday -- Little fish in a big sea / Sarah Haight -- How the faeries caught me / Francesca Lia Block -- The voice / Trisha Gura -- Finding home / Maya Browne -- Shape-shifting / Amanda Fortini -- Earning life / Clara Elliott -- Modeling school / Elizabeth Kadetsky -- Thirty years later, still watching the scale / Joyce Maynard. |
| Subject |
Anorexia nervosa.
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Authors, American.
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| Added Author |
Taylor, Kate, 1979-
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| ISBN |
9780307278340 paperback |
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0307278344 paperback |
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