Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery -- by Lindsey Hall, Monika Ostroff (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Anorexia nervosa, in simple terms, is self-starvation. However, it is a complex problem with intricate roots; and, recovery is best accomplished with a grasp of sound information, specific tasks, and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Best Little Girl in the World -- by Steven Levinkron (Author) (Book - Child)
"Teenager Francesca Deitrich feels too fat, giving into the pressures of her ballet teacher and the pencil-thin models in the media, in a revealing story about a ""perfect"" little girl suffering from...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self -- by Lori Gottlieb (Author) (Book - Child)
"For a girl growing up in Beverly Hills in 1978, the motto "You can never be too rich or too thin" is writ large. Precocious Lori learns her lessons well, so when she's told that "real women don't eat...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Slim to None : A Journey Through the Wasteland of Anorexia Treatment -- by Jennifer Hendricks, Gordon Hendricks, Christopher Athas (Authors) (Book - Parent/Child)
""Slim to None is the private journal of the late Jennifer Hendricks. Candidly detailed and eloquently written, it is an intimate chronicle of her long and ultimately fatal battle with anorexia, a...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
The Anorexia Diaries: A Mother and Daughter's Triumph over Teenage Eating Disorders -- by Craig Johnson, Tara Rio, Linda Rio (Authors) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Mother Linda and daughter Tara chronicle the years of Tara's eating disorder through their diaries in this honest, raw account..." From Publisher's Weekly
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Feeding Anorexia: Gender and Power at a Treatment Center -- by Hellen Gremillion (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Feeding Anorexia challenges prevailing assumptions regarding the notorious difficulty of curing anorexia nervosa. Through a vivid chronicle of treatments at a state-of-the-art hospital program, Helen...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Anorexics on Anorexia -- by Rosemary Shelley (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Recovering sufferers of Anorexia Nervosa describe in their own words their personal experiences of this illness, providing not only support for fellow sufferers but also invaluable insights for the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Jessi and the Awful Secret -- by Anne Martin (Author) (Book - Child)
"Jessi discovers that one of the girls in her dance class is anorexic. A sensitive look at a common problem among teenage girls." Ingram
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Girls Under Pressure -- by Jacqueline Wilson (Author) (Book - Child)
"Ellie thinks she looks awful. Horrible. FAT. Her best friends are both drop-dead gorgeous and Ellie's sick of being the ugly duckling. So she goes on a diet. And she even starts to exercise, much to...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa -- by Hilde Broch, Catherine Steiner-Adair (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"One of the world's leading authorities offers a vivid and moving account of the causes, effects, and treatment of this devastating disease." Inside Flap Copy
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)