Good Girls: A story and study of anorexia

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From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, comes a searing memoir about her experience with anorexia, and her long journey to full recovery.
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.

Anorexia is one of the most widely discussed but least understood mental illnesses. In a brilliant narrative that combines personal experience with deep reporting on the issues around the illness, Freeman details her experiences with anorexia, and how she overcame it.

Good Girls is an honest and hopeful story that will be profoundly helpful for those who suffer from an eating disorder, and those who desperately want to understand them.

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A frank and insightful account offers insight into the unique struggle of adolescent girls in an era when they are told they can be anything The Times

A clear-eyed view of a debilitating and misunderstood illness Guardian

Freeman manages to turn this tragic and taxing tale into a gripping story Financial Times

Unflinchingly personal and compelling Daily Telegraph

This is a vital contribution that its to be hoped will change how we understand anorexia, and perhaps also influence the messages we put across to young girls Jewish Chronicle

For parents of girls with eating disorders, this is vital, revelatory, and deeply moving Caitlin Moran

Recounting her years of anorexia with uncommon honesty, Hadley Freeman makes a powerful case for finding the will to live Lauren Collins, author of When In French

Breaking the silence around eating disorders with piercing honesty Hugo Rifkind, Times columnist

Author Bio

Hadley Freeman is the author of The Meaning of Sunglasses and Be Awesome and has been a columnist and staff writer for The Guardian since 2000, where she writes the popular Ask Hadley fashion column. She also contributes to US Vogue. She lives in New York and London.