Nervosa / by Hayley Gold.

Contents All the colors -- The book of numbers -- The white abyss -- First world problems -- Delusional -- The underneath -- Coping skills -- Fractured -- The old woman -- Siren's calling -- Metamorph -- Black Friday -- Truth and beauty.
Abstract Gold's memoir about disordered eating, chronic illness, and a profound relationship with hope.
Abstract "Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder. It is not a phase, a fad, or a choice. It is a debilitating illness, manifested in a distorted relationship with food, but which actually has more to do with issues of control. It is often a puzzle for doctors, therapists, parents, and friends. And so those who suffer from it are belittled, or tragically misunderstood, not only by society but by the healthcare system meant to treat it. Nervosa is a no-holds-barred, richly textured portrait of one young woman's experience. In her vividly imagined retelling, Hayley Gold lays bare a callous medical system seemingly disinterested in the very patients it is supposed to treat. And traces how her own life was irrevocably damaged by both the system and her own disorder. With brutal honesty and witty sarcastic humor, Gold offers a remarkably candid exploration of the search for hope in the darkness"-- Provided by publisher.
LCCN 2023280729
ISBN9781951491246 (softcover)
ISBN1951491246 (softcover)

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Laupus Popular Reading Collection WM 17 G618 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold