Slim to None: a Journey Through the Wasteland of Anorexia Treatment |
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| Author:
| Hendricks, Jennifer |
| Editor:
| Hendricks, Gordon |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-30165-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Companies, The
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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A young woman's fatal battle with anorexia, in her own words
In the tradition of "Go Ask Alice, Prozac Nation," and "Girl Interrupted," "Slim to None "grants readers precious access to the emotional and psychological underpinnings of its author. Step-by-step, readers follow Jenny's long journey through a "wasteland" of failed treatments and therapies, false hope, and abuse by the mental health system that kept her captive most of her life.
Although this disease has...
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A young woman's fatal battle with anorexia, in her own words
In the tradition of "Go Ask Alice, Prozac Nation," and "Girl Interrupted," "Slim to None "grants readers precious access to the emotional and psychological underpinnings of its author. Step-by-step, readers follow Jenny's long journey through a "wasteland" of failed treatments and therapies, false hope, and abuse by the mental health system that kept her captive most of her life.
Although this disease has been at the forefront of public awareness for years, anorexia continues to claim more victims than any other mental illness. "Slim to None "reveals the glaring inadequacy of the mental health system to treat and fully understand this disease.
The first journal of an anorexic to be published posthumously, the book discloses the innermost thoughts, fears, and hopes of a young girl stricken and fighting to recover.
Jenny Hendricks painstakingly recorded her experiences