Auðr’s Reviews > Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia > Status Update

"Doctors call it the 'precipitant', or trigger: the moment that sets off the anorexia. I knew some girls whose illness was sparked by what most people would see as an obvious trigger: a father commenting that his daughter looks 'a bit plump' in a family photo, a teenager wanting to be the same clothing size as her friend. But I know many others who were triggered by something far less predictable: ..." (p. 16)