Joan Jacobs Brumberg is the author of "Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa" which won the Berkshire Prize in history and the John Hope Franklin Prize in American Studies, among other awards. "The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls" which won the Choice Award from the...
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Joan Jacobs Brumberg is the author of "Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa" which won the Berkshire Prize in history and the John Hope Franklin Prize in American Studies, among other awards. "The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls" which won the Choice Award from the American Library Association and "Kansas Charley" the true story of Charles Miller, a seventeen-year-old orphan who was hanged in Wyoming in 1892 for a horrific double murder committed when he was only fifteen. Joan Jacobs Brumberg is Professor Emerita at Cornell Univesity and she lectures widely on all of her books and the social issues they cover. She is represented by Jodi Solomon Agency in Boston. You can also visit TheBodyProject.com for more information.
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