- Mothers and daughters, Patients, Mental health, Biography
A unique eating-disorder memoir written by a mother and daughter.Unbeknownst to food critic Sheila Himmel—as she reviewed exotic cuisines from bistro to brasserie— her daughter, Lisa, was at home starving herself.
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Contemporary, earnest, spare and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Sheila Himmel
- First published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berkley Books, Penguin USA, Inc.
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780425227909
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