The Long Road Back, A Survivors Guide to Anorexia
Author: Judy Tam Sargent, Sonia Nordenson
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ISBN: 1880823195
Publisher: North Star Pubns (March, 1999)
Sales Rank: 117,072
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
The awful pain of anorexia
As an anorexic of several years, I was deeply affected by this book's account of another's suffering with the same disease. I alternately cried and was filled with anger by the descriptions of the often barbaric "treatments" the author was forced to endure. I have been in such treatment centers, where the people who are supposed to be helping instead make patients feel less than human, by watching them eat as if it were a circus sideshow and referring to them by numbers instead of names. These people think that the only thing an anorexic has to do to get better is to eat and gain weight, and that's it. Wrong, wrong, wrong, as this book shows, and it's high time people started realizing it. No one starves herself to make someone else suffer, or as a way of getting what she wants. Anorexia is a terrible, terrible disease that makes you want to just die. If you know someone who's suffering from this hell of a disease, treat that person with the utmost love, respect and compassion. Read this book to help you understand: No one CHOOSES to be anorexic, and no matter how many times the anorexic says, "Leave me alone, I'm fine," she really does want help, deep down. It just has to be the right kind of help.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Insightful and comprehensive look at anorexia
Sargent writes a passionate account of her battle with anorexia. She comes forth shining and gives others the hope that sustained her through her 'dark night of the soul'. She is truly an inspiration for anyone suffering with any eating disorder, compulsive eating included. A beautifully written and carefully detailed book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A Testament to The Ultimate Human Fighting Spirit
This book is not just for current or past anorexic, but for everyone who has some serious setbacks in their lives. It is a true testament to the ultimate human fighting spirit. As far as anorexia is concerned, I find this book a real eye-opener to the many flaws of the mental health system where the doctors and nurses seem to be just as obessed with the patients gaining the weight, as the patients with losing it. I could not put this book down oce I started reading it. It left me wondering how Ms(?) Sargent is still alive today. It is even more amazing that not only she is leading a normal life, but she is only excelling in her career and her true passion of figure skating. It is a matter of time unil this gem is made into a movie. Similar Products
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