I'm looking for novels based upon eating disorders. I don't want to sound picky but I would like it to be more of a story than a non-fiction book. I have one really good book, Perfect, by Natasha Friend. I'm just looking for similar books where I can connect to the character. I am bulimic,so...... Anyway, Thank you for reading and answering!!!!!!! God Bless!!!
2007-04-20 14:52:08 · 17 answers · asked by kiwida1nonly 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Block, Francesca Lia. The Hanged Man
Having stopped eating after the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Laurel feels hrself losing control of her life in the hot, magical world of Los Angeles.
Holland, Isabelle. HEADS YOU WIN, TAILS I LOSE.
Melissa Hammond is overweight and wants desperately for Teddy to like her. When she steals her mother's diet pills, her weight begins to decrease, but her "need" for the pills begins to increase.
Kim : empty inside : the diary of an anonymous teenager.
Seventeen-year-old Kim, feeling the pressure of maintaining an A average to stay on her college gymnastics team, becomes obsessive about her weight and develops anorexia.
Levenkron, Steven. THE BEST LITTLE GIRL IN THE WORLD.
Francesca, whose alias is Kessa, is a 15 year old girl who almost entirely stops eating. Kessa thinks she's grotesquely overweight even though she is only five-foot-four and 98 pounds. She saves pictures of the thinnest models from fashion magazines and chants, "Soon I'll be thinner than all you. The thinner is the winner." The novel accurately details what a person goes through who suffers from anorexia nervosa and is a good read for anyone with a penchant for dieting too much.
McNicoll, Sylvia. WALKING A THIN LINE.
Lauren knows if she looses twenty pounds Jay will finally notice her. And it can't be hard, can it? Andrea lost 10 pounds in less than a month. But Andrea's starting to act weird. Today she even fainted in class. Andrea says she's dying to be thin...but just how far will she go?
Tokio, Marnelle. More than you can chew.
Marty faces the greatest challenge of her life when she is pulled out of high school and placed in the eating disorder unit of a hospital.
Wilson, Jacqueline. Girls under pressure.
(Girls trilogy; bk. 2) Ellie learns to deal with her self-image as she battles anorexia.
Bigger Book of Lydia by Margaret Willey
Still very small at fifteen, Lydia becomes self-conscious about her size and develops an obsession with growing, until she meets Michelle, who has anorexia nervosa and wants only to be smaller
Early Disorder by Rebecca Joseph
Unable to cope with the emotional turmoil of growing up, a 15-year-old gradually developing anorexia nervosa silently begs for but openly rejects help as she slowly starves herself.
Hunger Scream by Ivy Ruckman
A girl who suffers from anorexia struggles to deal with the problem.
I am an Artichoke by Lucy Frank
Working as a mother's helper in New York City, fifteen-year-old Sarah finds herself caught in the middle of a troubled relationship between an eccentric writer and her anorexic daughter.
I was a 15-year-old Blimp by Patti Stren
Fifteen-year-old Gabby resorts to drastic measures in her struggle to lose weight but finds there is more to being grown up than being skinny.
Nell's Quilt by Susan Terris
Urged at the age of eighteen to marry a man she doesn't want, Nell delays the event by working on a quilt, slowly starving herself, and observing the unhappy lot of many women in turn-of-the century Massachusetts before arriving at a decision to rescue herself from the brink of death and take charge of her life.
Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig
As 14-year-old Leslie begins to shed the weight she feels makes her imperfect, she finds it increasingly difficult to reach out for the psychological help she knows she needs.
2007-04-20 15:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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I'm looking for novels based upon eating disorders. I don't want to sound picky but I would like it to be more of a story than a non-fiction book. I have one really good book, Perfect, by Natasha Friend. I'm just looking for similar books where I can connect to the character. I am...
2015-08-18 15:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by Laetitia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perk!: The Story of a Teenager with Bulimia (Paperback)
by Liza F. Hall
The Echo Glass: A Novel about Anorexia Nervosa (Paperback) by Heather Morrall
Hunger Point: A Novel (Paperback) by Jillian Medoff
The Passion of Alice (Paperback) by Stephanie Grant
My Sister's Bones (Paperback) by Cathi Hanauer
Starving Hearts (Paperback) by Lynn Ruth Miller (Author)
Eve's Apple: A Novel (Paperback) by Jonathan Rosen
You can also take one of the books and search for similar items on Amazon.com. That's what the last link is. Then on that screen you can click, "More books like this." It's how I did a lot of research in college when I needed to find sources on odd topics. Hope you can find a few.
2007-04-20 15:59:10 · answer #3 · answered by Isthisnametaken2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unbearable lightness by Portia de Rossi
Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
They are truly inspiring and brutally honest autobiographies. Really helpful. I would really recommend them
2014-01-22 04:58:55 · answer #4 · answered by mimi awi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bask in the the sun's rays. Just 20 minutes of Vitamin D absorption every day will boost your ability to loose weight.
2017-03-06 08:09:01 · answer #5 · answered by Ted 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Resume basics – burn more calories from fat than you ingest.
2017-02-15 07:58:16 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acquire smaller plates. Little crockery means portion control is quite a bit easier – those diminutive portions suddenly look huge and you’ll be happier to enjoy less.
2016-02-25 10:27:14 · answer #7 · answered by Camie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It’s Friday brunch time and you simply can’t stop going back pertaining to seconds. But hang on! Stop for a minute and suck on extra strong mint. The flavour will put you off that third plate of chicken korma/roast beef/sushi medley.
2016-05-01 00:37:27 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
it is a non-fiction book, but it's really good!
2007-04-24 07:14:53 · answer #9 · answered by Caliope220 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aim for a 300- to help 400-calorie meal.
2016-07-10 19:10:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋