Bibliograph

Good girls, a story and study of anorexia, Hadley Freeman

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Good girls, a story and study of anorexia, Hadley Freeman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271)

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autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Good girls

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1375591429

Responsibility statement

Hadley Freeman

Sub title

a story and study of anorexia

Summary

In 1995, Hadley Freeman wrote in her diary: "I just spent three years of my life in mental hospitals. So why am I crazier than I was before????" From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. Her doctors informed her that her body was cannibalizing her muscles and heart for nutrition, but they could tell her little why she had it, what it felt like, what recovery looked like. For the next twenty years, Freeman lived as a "functioning anorexic," grappling with new forms of self-destructive behavior as the anorexia mutated and persisted. Good Girls is an honest and hopeful story of resilience that offers a message to the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from eating Life can be enjoyed, rather than merely endured

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Story and study of anorexia

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