Brave Girl Eating

One of the most up to date, relevant, and honest accounts of one familys battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history, and heart throughout this compelling and tender story.Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders AssociationAs a woman who once knew the grip of a life-controlling eating disorder, I held my breath reading Harriet Browns story. As a mother of daughters, I wept for her. Then cheered.Joyce Maynard, author of Labor DayIn Brave Girl Eating, the chronicle of a familys struggle with anorexia nervosa, journalist, professor, and author Harriet Brown recounts in mesmerizing and horrifying detail her daughter Kittys journey from near-starvation to renewed health. Brave Girl Eating is an intimate, shocking, compelling, and ultimately uplifting look at the ravages of a mental illness that affects more than 18 million Americans.

One of the most up to date, relevant, and honest accounts of one familys battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history, and heart throughout this compelling and tender story.Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders AssociationAs a woman who once knew the grip of a life-controlling eating disorder, I held my breath reading Harriet Browns story. As a mother of daughters, I wept for her. Then cheered.Joyce Maynard, author of Labor DayIn Brave Girl Eating, the chronicle of a familys struggle with anorexia nervosa, journalist, professor, and author Harriet Brown recounts in mesmerizing and horrifying detail her daughter Kittys journey from near-starvation to renewed health. Brave Girl Eating is an intimate, shocking, compelling, and ultimately uplifting look at the ravages of a mental illness that affects more than 18 million Americans.