In her memoir, Insatiable, author Erica Rivera gives an unflinching account of her battle with anorexia and offers valuable insights into this dangerous, and sometimes deadly, eating disorder.

A review in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune provided the following introduction to Rivera's recollections:

The book& opens slowly, with somewhat stilted scenes that are apparently meant to establish the origins of her compulsion: a possibly anorexic and suicidal mother. A father who comforted with food. A brother who binged. A canoe trip where the pretty camp counselors remember their mascara but forget the food. (Lesson learned, says Rivera, that beauty is more important than eating.)

Once the stage is set, the Star-Tribune reported, Rivera writes passionately and eloquently about her eating disorder; the voices in her head, the obsession with food, and her seemingly uncontrollable need to rid herself of every calorie she consumed. Rivera also tells of how writing, both in school and and a local workshop, helped to save her life.

Labels: anorexia, surviving

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