Starving: A Personal Journey through Anorexia: Amazon.ca: Christie Pettit: Books

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She was starving-but didn't know it. Discover how one young woman overcame her battle with anorexia in this compelling, true story offering encouragement, hope, and healing.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An OK story., July 18 2004

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Leslie (Everett, Washington United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starving: A Personal Journey through Anorexia (Paperback)

Being a Christian who is also struggling with an eating disorder, I greatly appreciated the Bible verses and the spiritual connection I feel to Christie. I am glad I have this book; I can read the Bible verses as encouragement. But, I give it three stars because of the writing. While I understand it is a true story and life isn't always fascinating, I found it to be flat. Sometimes I had a hard time picking up the book and start reading again.

If you are Christian and looking for inspiration for healing, definitely pick this book up. It's worth it. As for everyone else, you may find the story to be a little dull and hard to get into.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Any woman with low self-esteem because of weight-read this!, Jun 8 2004

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This review is from: Starving: A Personal Journey through Anorexia (Paperback)

This book is incredible.It offers insight into the mind of a sufferer as well as giving honest truths about society's attitudes in general.I would recommend it to anyone who is trying to understand/overcome an eating disorder or is simply struggling with their self-image.It is interspersed with uplifting quotations which are fast becoming my fuel for fighting my thoughts.As a strong Christian trying to recover from anorexia it was overwhelming to read of Mrs Pettit's experiences and be able to relate them to my own.The truth and honesty of her story and how scarily like me it is shook me up and has given fresh determination to conquer my obsession.Giving it to my fiance to read has also helped me to expain feelings i cannot articulate.The best part is the focus on self-worth being about your qualities and importance as a person to other people and to God rather than your weight.Mrs Pettit is a fantastic role model and reading her book has been an experience which has opened my mind to a new,liberating way of thinking.So needless to say,read it!

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1.0 out of 5 stars The Title is Misleading!, Dec 23 2003

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It was all I could do to make it through this book! I was under the mistaken impression that it would get to the heart of the author's eating disorder. There were too many religious quotes in the book. I am a practicing Catholic, but this was a little like reading a Sunday sermon! I wanted to know what she thought, how she felt, what caused her to do this, etc. Instead, it was full of references about "how your body is a temple." I would never recommend this book to anyone who may be really interested in reading about eating disorders.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Thought...
This book is not for those turned off by having religion thrown in your face.
I bought this book in the hopes that there was someone else out there I could relate to in my... Read more

Published on Sep 21 2003 by W. L. Bradley

5.0 out of 5 stars Starving
This book is well written and obviously comes from the heart. Ms. Pettit's experiences are occurring far too often on college campuses today. Read more

Published on Aug 18 2003