The story is ironic, sad and true: A writer who worked as a food critic had a daughter who struggled with anorexia. While Sheila Himmel was judging Americas favorite and finest foods, her daughter Lisa was home starving herself.

California's Mountain View Voice recently reviewed the book that the mother and daughter wrote to chronicle their battle against anorexia:

[Sheila and Lisa] tell their story in a new book, Hungry: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia, which they co-authored&. Hungry is not just another book about anorexia, of which there are many. It is also a portrait of how a confluence of societal and social pressures wreaked havoc on the Himmel family. As Sheila highlights in the book, their situation was fraught with a terrible irony.

Though writing the book was hard and painful, both mother and daughter told The Voice that they are glad they did it. Hungry underscores the obsession most Americans have with food and body image. It also tells a story of successful recovery  a story that many still struggling with eating disorders need to hear.

Labels: anorexia, daughters, parents, mothers

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