The Anorexia Diaries : A Mother and Daughter's Triumph Over Teenage Eating Disorders
Author: Linda Rio, Tara Rio, Craig Johnson
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ISBN: 157954729X
Publisher: Rodale Press (18 July, 2003)
Sales Rank: 218,005
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
True story, Real insight. Good Theories.
I thought this mother/daughter story was very accurate and sincere. How wonderful that they kept such a telling record of thier struggles for others to read. Many other reviewers have said that this is too "easy, boring, and worhtless", I think those may be the readers who are reading eating disorder books to feed thier own eating issues...like "Wasted", which many have called a handbook for how to have an eating disorder. I think this story is not as graphic as some, but it is a true account of a mother and daughter and thier struggles with a deadly disease. Also, the commentary by Dr. Craig Johnson was very interesting to read. He is very well known in this field, and he covers many issues in a very easy-to-understand way in this book.
Remember, not all eating disorder books are going to be as graphic as books such as "Wasted", but then again, not all eating disorders are that graphic either.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Not worth the money!
This is a sad excuse for a book that tries to address the subject of anorexia. Tara's disorder is more of a slight self esteems issue than anything else. She recovers quickly and that is that. Tara's mother is someone you just want to slap thought the entire book and BOTH of these characters act about nine years of age. Tara's diary is as stupid as her mothers is drab. Notice the 'teenaged' in the title of this book. I finished this book wondering why I spent money on it. This book makes eating disorders look like a stupid teenaged issue that girls will get over when they grow up. Pathetic. Keep looking, there are better books on this subject.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Superficial and simple
Without trivializing the sufferings of the Rio family, I honestly feel like this book offers no insight to the complexity of anorexia nervosa. Tara's eating disorder - which was not anorexia at all, but bulimorexia - was a relatively short ordeal, and she did not hide it from her family like many sick young women do (or like the excerpt from the back of the book would have the prospective reader believe she did). Introspection is nihil - rarely expressed is sentiment deeper than "I feel fat". Moreover, the overall tone is self-centered, as the authors never speculate upon the epidemic nature of the disease; I call this sort of self-congratulatory, non-academic memoir "victimization literature." For these reasons and more, I cannot recommend this title as a quality account of an eating disorder. Similar Products
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