Book description
Millions of families are affected by eating disorders, which usually
strike young women between the ages of fourteen and twenty. But current
medical practice ties these families' hands when it comes to helping
their children recover. Conventional medical wisdom dictates separating
the patient from the family and insists that 'it's not about the food',
even as a family watches a child waste away before their eyes. In BRAVE
GIRL EATING Harriet Brown describes how her family, with the support of
an open-minded paediatrician and a therapist, helped her daughter
recover from anorexia using a family-based treatment developed at the
Maudsley Hospital in London. Chronicling her daughter Kitty's illness
from the earliest warning signs, through its terrifying progression, and
on toward recovery, Brown takes us on one family's journey into the
world of anorexia nervosa, where starvation threatened her daughter's
body and mind. BRAVE GIRL EATING is essential reading for families and
professionals alike, a guiding light for anyone who's coping with this
devastating disease. Harriet Brown is an award-winning journalist,
author, poet and editor who contributes regularly to the New York Times
Science section. Her blog FEED ME! covers food, eating disorders, and
obesity. A regularly sought-after speaker, Brown has been a featured
panelist at the National Eating Disorders Association annual conference.
