![]() ![]() Having been down this road myself, the book feels very authentic. Brown exhibits in talking about her anger, her doubts and her mistakes. I especially appreciate the honest nature Ms. Because of this than reader can trust what she says. The book is a very straight forward telling of their journey together – it is neither doom and gloom nor rainbows and false hope. By weaving current research with her daughter’s story, the author creates a narrative that is both informative and captivating. While the book focuses on anorexia, you could replace “food” with “insulin” and “eating” with “injecting”, and it would ring just as true for families struggling with diabulimia. Harriet Brown does an excellent job of chronicling both what her daughter goes through from the first warning signs to full blown illness to recovery, and how that journey impacts their family, how the family responds, and what does and doesn’t work for them. Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia by Harriet Brownīrave Girl Eating stands out among the many eating disorder memoirs because this story is told from the family’s perspective. ![]()
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