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Thin
  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141905570
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304
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Bright, popular, pretty and successful, Grace Bowman had the world at her feet. So what drove her to starve herself nearly to death at the age of 18? And what, more importantly, made her stop?

A grippingly honest account of life with anorexia nervosa, A Shape of My Own is Grace's hearbreaking, shocking and, finally, inspirational memoir. An extraordinary story, it is also a common one - is there a woman in the western world who has a normal relationship with food? A compulsive read, essential for anyone hoping to understand more about eating disorders and overcoming addiction.
  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141905570
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304
Categories:

Praise for Thin

Bowman describes her descent into anorexia with clinical skill; if you haven't understood it before, you will now ... brave, revealing, and shocking

William Leith, Guardian

'Moving … uniquely eloquent … a must-read' Elle 'Dignified [and] lucid ... dedicated to debunking myths' Daily Mail 'A truly memorable account ... Very powerful' **** OK

Powerfully written, beautifully articulated, gripping. Bowman emerges as stubborn, brilliant, vulnerable, talented and a superb writer. She has readability by the bucketful

Independent on Sunday

A brilliant new memoir

Sunday Telegraph

Bowman describes her descent into anorexia with clinical skill; if you haven't understood it before, you will now ... brave, revealing, and shocking

William Leith, Guardian

Poignant and timely…the most honest account of the illness yet published

Glamour