Product Review

€œOne of the most up to date, relevant, and honest accounts of one family€s battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown has masterfully woven science, history, and heart throughout this compelling and tender story.€
€"Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders Association

€œAs a woman who once knew the grip of a life-controlling eating disorder, I held my breath reading Harriet Brown€s story. As a mother of daughters, I wept for her. Then cheered.€
€"Joyce Maynard, author of Labor Day

In Brave Girl Eating, the chronicle of a family€s struggle with anorexia nervosa, journalist, professor, and author Harriet Brown recounts in mesmerizing and horrifying detail her daughter Kitty€s journey from near-starvation to renewed health. Brave Girl Eating is an intimate, shocking, compelling, and ultimately uplifting look at the ravages of a mental illness that affects more than 18 million Americans.