Diary of an Eating Disorder: A Mother and Daughter Share Their Healing Journey
Author: Chelsea Smith, Beverly Runyon
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ISBN: 087833971X
Publisher: Taylor Pub (March, 1998)
Sales Rank: 87,376
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
This book is terrific
This book is wonderful. Chelsea tells you exactly what she was feeling at different stages of her disorder. She knew what she was doing was awful, but the disease was stronger than she was at times. I also liked this book because it tells a more complete story. Chelsea takes you through her treatment, how that felt, and also how scared she was of relapsing. She had tremendous determination to get better. I like the insight from her mother as well.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Shallow Diary of an Eating Disorder
Chelsea Smith's diary entries become tediously repetitive in their adolescent appeals to "God". "I'm so glad I have God", she writes. I believe that faith can help those suffering from eating disorders overcome their obstacles to recovery, but Chelsea's book didn't really delve into the emotional roots of her eating disorder. The entire book reads like a pre-teen's diary (even her entries as a young adult), full of empty platitudes. Nothing new here. I recommend instead Cindy Nappa Bitter's book, "Good Enough." It opens up all the emotional agony that provokes an eating disorder, but in such a way that anyone can relate.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Don't look here for insight.
This book is probably the weakest personal account of an eating disorder i have read. Chelsea is juvenile in her idealisms and shallow in her everyday thoughts and concerns.I am not saying she didn't suffer, I just think that this was one journal that didn't need to go to print. I highly recommend WASTED by marya hornbacher< spelling? that is a deep, teeth to the bones story. she dosn't dance around anything. it is served straight up and often leaves those who have been there speachless. Similar Products
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