Description
| Product ID: | 9780008322670 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Good Girls |
| Subtitle: | A Story and Study of Anorexia |
| Authors: | Author: Hadley Freeman |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Memoirs, Health psychology, Eating disorders and therapy, Women’s health, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, Coping with / advice about eating disorders, Teenagers: advice for parents, Memoirs, Health psychology, Eating disorders & therapy, Women's health, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Coping with eating disorders, Teenagers: advice for parents |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNAL From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, comes a searing memoir about her experience with anorexia, and her long journey to full recovery. A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNALFrom Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, comes a searing memoir about her experience with anorexia, and her long journey to full recovery.From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. For the next twenty years, she grappled with various forms of self-destructive behaviour as the anorexia mutated and persisted.Anorexia is one of the most widely discussed but least understood mental illnesses. In a brilliant narrative that combines personal experience with deep reporting on the issues around the illness, Freeman details her experiences with anorexia, and how she overcame it.Good Girls is an honest and hopeful story that will be profoundly helpful for those who suffer from an eating disorder, and those who desperately want to understand them. |
| Imprint Name: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-04-13 |
