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“As a woman who once knew the grip of a life-controlling eating disorder, I held my breath reading Harriet Brown’s story. As a mother of daughters, I wept for her. Then cheered.” (Joyce Maynard )
“What sets this book apart is the author’s incorporation of clinical research findings from the field of eating disorders into the story of one family’s struggle . . . [A] compelling story of family strength and an inspiring story for all of us committed to treating individuals with eating disorders.” (Evelyn Attia, MD, Director, Center for Eating Disorders, Columbia University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College )
“One of the most up to date, relevant and honest accounts of one family’s battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history and heart throughout this compelling and tender story. Brave Girl Eating was fortunate to have one brave family.” (Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders Association )
“Harriet Brown is an intelligent, elegant writer and this book offers both solace and useful information for families struggling with eating disorders.” (Audrey Niffenegger )
“What sets this book apart is the author’s incorporation of clinical research findings from the field of eating disorders into the story of one family’s struggle . . . [A] compelling story of family strength and an inspiring story for all of us committed to treating individuals with eating disorders.” (Evelyn Attia, MD, Director, Center for Eating Disorders, Columbia University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College )
“One of the most up to date, relevant and honest accounts of one family’s battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history and heart throughout this compelling and tender story. Brave Girl Eating was fortunate to have one brave family.” (Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders Association )
“Harriet Brown is an intelligent, elegant writer and this book offers both solace and useful information for families struggling with eating disorders.” (Audrey Niffenegger )
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I've never had anorexia, but I know it well. I see it on the street, in the gaunt and sunken face, the bony chest, the spindly arms of an emaciated woman. I've come to recognize the flat look of despair, the hopelessness that follows, inevitably, from years of starvation. I think: That could have been my daughter. It wasn't. It's not. If I have anything to say about it, it won't be.
Millions of families are affected by eating disorders, which usually strike young women between the ages of fourteen and twenty. But current medical practice ties these families' hands when it comes to helping their children recover. Conventional medical wisdom dictates separating the patient from the family and insists that "it's not about the food," even as a family watches a child waste away before their eyes. Harriet Brown shows how counterproductive—and heartbreaking—this approach is by telling her daughter's story of anorexia. She describes how her family, with the support of an open-minded pediatrician and a therapist, helped her daughter recover using family-based treatment, also known as the Maudsley approach.
Chronicling her daughter Kitty's illness from the earliest warning signs, through its terrifying progression, and on toward recovery, Brown takes us on one family's journey into the world of anorexia nervosa, where starvation threatened her daughter's body and mind. But hope and love—of the ordinary, family-focused kind—shine through every decision and action she and her family took. Brave Girl Eating is essential reading for families and professionals alike, a guiding light for anyone who's coping with this devastating disease.
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This review is from: Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia (Hardcover)
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has been touched by an eating-disorder, whether it is Anorexia, bulimia or overeating. I am in recovery of Bulimia for 6 years now and the reason I picked up this book is; I need to read about recovery, the struggles, the hope and know that I am not alone in order to stay sober in my eating practices. This book has it all. The ED (eating disorder) works 24/7, no matter how long you are "sober" in your eating practices and this book has helped me, has given me hope, encouragement and faith that I am on the right track. I couldn't put it down and reading about the "Demon" is something I can so related to, as well as the fights, arguing, bargaining, lying, trying to get away with not eating etc, . It is amazingly written by someone who has not experienced the ED herself. I hope a lot of people in the medical field will read this book.Amazing work Harriet Brown!!!
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4.7 out of 5 stars (78 customer reviews) 16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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A moving journey of a family struggling with anorexia,
By JAlover81 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia (Hardcover)
Ms. Brown does an amazing job of putting into words the incomprehensible world-view of an anorexic as she tells the tale of her daughter's eating disorder and how she and her family coped with it. Combining the latest science and neurobiological theory with her own very personal story, she tells of discovering her daughter Kitty's anorexia, the denial, pain, and the struggle to find help.The most moving parts are when she recounts her own struggles as a mother to come to grips with Kitty's anorexia and how it changed her and the rest of their family. She brings to life the fact that eating disorders impact everyone, not just the person who has the eating disorder. Her description of watching her beautiful, smart daughter's personality change as the disordered thinking of anorexia comes to the fore is heart-breaking. But this isn't a hopeless story at all. Ms. Brown describes her discovery of family-based treatment (the Maudsley approach) to treating anorexia, and how it has a high success rate of helping people recover from eating disorders. She takes us through the treatment program step by step, showing both the good and the bad. I cheered right along with her as Kitty slowly gained weight and the aparkle of her natural personality reappeared. Anorexia is a terrible disease, but this book can give us courage that it can be defeated. 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Helped me understand what my parents went through,
By Emily - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia (Hardcover)
I truly found this book eye-opening. As a recovered anorexic and voracious reader, I've read a ton of books about eating disorders because it is my way of trying to understand what i went through and maintain my recovery. So many books are really just the same thing over and over again. But, Brave Girl Eating stands out.Harriet Brown's story of her daughter's struggle with anorexia is told from a mother's perspective, which is refreshing. When i was going through treatment for my eating disorder in college, I was encouraged to see how my parents had caused and helped to maintain my eating disorder. I came to see everything they had done wring. Reading "Brave Girl Eating" was eye-opening to me. It helped me understand what my parents went through while I was struggling with anorexia as a preteen and teen. In Brave Girl Eating, Harriet keeps acknowledging how anorexia was harder on her daughter Kitty than on her, even as she reveals just how challenging it is for parents to deal with a child's anorexia. However, after reading this book, i realize that what my parents went through was in many ways harder than what i did. An eye-opening and page turning read! 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Honest, true, helpful, relevant -- a page-turner that will make you feel,
By Jennifer Donovan "5minutesforbooks" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia (Hardcover)
With a tween daughter of my own, I feel certain that at some point, I will be dealing with an eating disorder up close. I hope it's not her, but maybe a friend, or a relative. Is there anything that we can do to prevent it? What do we do when we think it's a problem for a loved one? This was my mindset as I went into BRAVE GIRL EATING.Harriet Brown is a reporter by trade, and she brings some of that fact-finding expertise and ability to explain and evoke empathy without being overly dramatic. However she writes this book as a mom. When her daughter lost a noticeable amount of weight and became insecure and emotional, Brown worried that she had an eating disorder. When it was diagnosed, she was faced with how to treat it. Many people opt for residential treatment, but Brown went with hands-on Family Based Treatment (FBT). This book details her day by day, week by week, and month by month treatment of her daughter. Brown is not at all overly dramatic, and yet this is a heart-wrenching book. It reminds me a lot of Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, written by another journalist David Sheff about his son's addiction to crystal meth. My heart went out for the parents' love and care and hard, but good, choices. And ultimately I wondered if the kid will be okay, or when the parents will be able to rest in the knowledge that their child is healed. I've given this book 5 Stars, because it's honest, true, helpful, relevant and the story pulled me along and made me feel. |
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