All of me
$4.00
Author: Maureen Stewart
Publisher: Penguin Books
Number of Pages: 137
Description: Rebecca couldn't quite remember wben she
started dieting. It was a bit like remembering just when you went to sleep. 11 just happened. But now, thinking about food took up so much of her time; well, all her time, really?'Rebecca is fourteen, and dieting. She's trying to reach her goal weight.
Which is no easy task when your goal weight Is thirty-five kilos. But Rebecca is desperate to remain in control, and her life becomes an elaborate lie which involves starving, taking laxatives, hiding food, vomiting, obsessive behaviour - in fact, nearly killing herself.
Can anyone get through to Rebecca? And can she help herself, before it's too late? Many teenage girls are intensely preoccupied with being thin. Most of their role models - impossibly beautiful girls and women - are bordering on anorexia. This topical book questions some of the assumptions about eating disorders and provides some vital insights into this life-threatening condition.
Code: 9780140377712
