Eating Disorders

Includes anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder / compulsive overeating, and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Mental illnesses involving a combination of thoughts / feelings, behaviors, and symptoms linked to eating/food and weight gain/loss and body image and physical symptoms.

Wintergirls
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
The Best Little Girl in the World
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Just Listen
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
Skinny
Thin
Paperweight
Perfect
Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
Elena Vanishing
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too
Laurie Halse Anderson
I lift my arm out of the water. It's a log. Put it back under and it blows up even bigger. People see the log and call it a twig. They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs. Nobody can make it stop. ...more
Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

Laurie Halse Anderson
I failed eating, failed drinking, failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship. Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and phone calls. Good thing I'm stable. ...more
Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

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