Purged

The brutally honest and often ugly story of the life of Shane K. Rotkis as it evolved into a fourteen year battle with anorexia and bulimia. Poor choices, strange circumstances, abusive adults, excessive drinking as well as bizarre obsessions and compulsions formed her path toward complete personal destruction during her teens and twenties. With over two dozen saved and collected journals from her childhood into her adult life, the author shares her story, much of it written in the...
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The brutally honest and often ugly story of the life of Shane K. Rotkis as it evolved into a fourteen year battle with anorexia and bulimia. Poor choices, strange circumstances, abusive adults, excessive drinking as well as bizarre obsessions and compulsions formed her path toward complete personal destruction during her teens and twenties. With over two dozen saved and collected journals from her childhood into her adult life, the author shares her story, much of it written in the moment of her disease. PURGED is a story of triumph that takes the reader on an exploration through an utterly destructive decade and a half to a now miraculously healthy, strong and fulfilled life. Included within PURGED is The Monster Years, a collection of over 60 poems written during the author's darkest years with anorexia and bulimia.