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A remarkable memoir of a girl's journey through anorexia Emily Halban developed anorexia in her final year at school. She went on to university at Oxford where her disease took on a powerful dimension and by her final year she was so debilitated that she had to sit her exams in a separate room where she could be fed continuously throughout each one.With heartbreaking candour and poignant intimacy, Emily vividly chronicles the complexities and inner struggles of living with anorexia. Two years on, she traces her disease from its elusive origins, through its darkest moments of deprivation, guilt and self-loathing, and finally recounts her journey towards recovery. Emily allows us to understand what it's really like to suffer from anorexia, exposing its secrets and dispelling some of the myths that shroud it.Alive with self-awareness, but never self-pity, Perfect is an inspiring read that will help those battling with the horrors of anorexia find a way out, and those on the outside to understand more.Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139780091917494
eBay Product ID (ePID)92039499
Product Key Features
Book TitlePerfect: Anorexia and Me
AuthorEmily Halban
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Health, Treatments & Medicine
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width126mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorEmily Halban
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom