Hope And Other Luxuries : A Mother's Life With A Daughter's Anorexia [EPUB]
E-Book Overview
As heard on NPR's Diane Rehm Show! Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life—two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But it's when you let down your guard that the ax falls. Just after one daughter successfully conquered her depression, another daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder. Co-published with <em>Elena Vanishing, the memoir of her daughter, this is the story—told in brave, beautifully written, and unflinchingly honest prose—of one family's fight against a deadly disease, from an often ignored but important perspective: the mother of the anorexic
E-Book Information
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Year: 2,015
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Pages: 557
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Language: English
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Identifier: 1452121567,978-1-4521-2156-7,978-1-4521-3697-4
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Org File Size: 1,094,846
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Extension: epub
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Tags:
Dunkle, Clare B. Dunkle, Clare B. -- Family. Anorexia nervosa -- Patients -- Family relationships. Mothers -- United States -- Biography. Mothers and daughters -- United States. Anorexia nervosa -- Treatment. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.