Eating Disorder Literature

Books Discussed;

Life Without Ed - Jenni Schaefer
Wasted - Marya Hornbacher
Skinny - Ibi Kaslik
Purge: The Rehab Diaries - Nicole Johns
Gaining: The Truth About Life After an Eating Disorder - Amy Liu
Stick Figure - Lisa Gottlieb
Next To Nothing - Carrie Arnold

Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Madness - Marya Hornbacher
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath


Other Suggested Reading;

THIN - Lauren Greenfield
Life Inside the Thin Cage - Constance Rhodes
Appetites: Why Women Want - Caroline Knapp
Goodbye Ed, Hello Me - Jenni Schaefer
Running on Empty - Carrie Arnold
It's Not About the Weight - Susan Mendelsohn
Homesick - Jenny Lauren

Category:

Education

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• Eating
• Disorder
• Literature
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• EDNOS
• COE
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[sweetcitybaby22]

You have to be super careful with wasted, there is alot of triggering material in it, I definetely would not read it unless you are not going to be triggered easy.

Skinny was a really good novel, I really enjoyed it.

[MyThunder8]

@sweetcitybaby22 That one has always triggered me, so since I've been in recovery I haven't read it. You have to be in a really good place to read it.

[Fdog114]

I just finished reading Wasted yesterday and i absolutely loved it. Thanks for the tips, i've wanted to read the bell jar for awhile and i think i'll read skinny. :D

[MyThunder8]

You're welcome(:

[rescuelullaby]

I've read some of the ones you have talked about, also not specifically ED related, but a good book all the same Prozac Nation. Really great video, i shall definitely be looking to read the others in the future~Michelle xx

[MyThunder8]

That one is on my to-read-list. (:

[fkbtj8]

Another good ED book is Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

[SerenityMellissa]

I didn't find Purge Rehab diarys very helpful and i didn't find it hurtful, but i could see how i could be hurtful because she goes into so much detail about weight. She does seem to focus more on the emotion of purging instead of the act of which is good. All in all I didn't find the book helpful, but It is pretty accurate at portraying an ed.