Good girls : a story and study of anorexia /
Freeman, Hadley,
Good girls : a story and study of anorexia / Story and study of anorexia Hadley Freeman. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 271 pages ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2023 by 4th Estate"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271).
In 1995, Hadley Freeman wrote in her diary: "I just spent three years of my life in mental hospitals. So why am I crazier than I was before????" From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. Her doctors informed her that her body was cannibalizing her muscles and heart for nutrition, but they could tell her little why she had it, what it felt like, what recovery looked like. For the next twenty years, Freeman lived as a "functioning anorexic," grappling with new forms of self-destructive behavior as the anorexia mutated and persisted. Good Girls is an honest and hopeful story of resilience that offers a message to the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from eating. Life can be enjoyed, rather than merely endured.
9781982189839 1982189835
2023013458
Freeman, Hadley--Health.
Anorexia nervosa--Patients--Great Britain--Biography.
Anorexia nervosa--Treatment.
Mental health--Patients--Great Britain--Biography.
Mental health--Treatment.
Body image in women.
Autobiographies.
Good girls : a story and study of anorexia / Story and study of anorexia Hadley Freeman. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 271 pages ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2023 by 4th Estate"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271).
In 1995, Hadley Freeman wrote in her diary: "I just spent three years of my life in mental hospitals. So why am I crazier than I was before????" From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. Her doctors informed her that her body was cannibalizing her muscles and heart for nutrition, but they could tell her little why she had it, what it felt like, what recovery looked like. For the next twenty years, Freeman lived as a "functioning anorexic," grappling with new forms of self-destructive behavior as the anorexia mutated and persisted. Good Girls is an honest and hopeful story of resilience that offers a message to the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from eating. Life can be enjoyed, rather than merely endured.
9781982189839 1982189835
2023013458
Freeman, Hadley--Health.
Anorexia nervosa--Patients--Great Britain--Biography.
Anorexia nervosa--Treatment.
Mental health--Patients--Great Britain--Biography.
Mental health--Treatment.
Body image in women.
Autobiographies.