Good Girls - A story and study of anorexia

A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES , GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A searing memoir from Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , about one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses. ''A clear-eyed view of a debilitating and misunderstood illness'' Guardian ''A gripping story'' Financial Times From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. For the next twenty years, she grappled with various forms of self-destructive behaviour as the anorexia mutated and persisted. Combining personal experience with deep reporting, this profoundly honest and hopeful story details Freeman''s long journey to recovery.

Product details

• Authors: Hadley Freeman, Freeman Hadley
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9780008322700
• ISBN: 978-0-00-832270-0
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Autobiography: general, SELF-HELP / Eating Disorders & Body Image, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Teenagers, Memoirs, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Eating disorders & therapy, Women's health, Women’s health, Health psychology, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Teenagers: advice for parents, Coping With Eating Disorders, Coping with / advice about eating disorders, Coping with / advice about body image issues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs