Letting Ana Go
In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, a harrowing account of anorexia and addiction.She was a good girl from a good family, with everything she could want or need. But below the surface, she felt like she could never be good enough. Like she could never live up to the expectations...
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In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, a harrowing account of anorexia and addiction.She was a good girl from a good family, with everything she could want or need. But below the surface, she felt like she could never be good enough. Like she could never live up to the expectations that surrounded her. Like she couldn’t do anything to make a change. But there was one thing she could control completely: how much she ate. The less she ate, the better—stronger—she felt. But it’s a dangerous game, and there is such a thing as going too far… Her innermost thoughts and feelings are chronicled in the diary she left behind.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781442472136 (1442472138)
ASIN: 1442472138
Publish date: June 4th 2013
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Health,
Contemporary,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Death,
Diary
“The only way I knew it was me I was looking at was when I saw the tears start to fall, and I felt them, hot and wet, trickling down my cheeks.” Such is the life of Ana, slowing starving herself to death so she can be pretty, so she be faster, so she can fit into the clothes she desires yet she d...
A little background on me. I’m currently 39 years old. I’ve had depression my entire life. When I was around 30, I developed an eating disorder, anorexia. Since I was in treatment for my depression anyway, my therapist decided to put me in a hospital since I kept losing weight, though I never got ...