http://www.readingrants.org/2007/05/04/the-bare-bones-honest-fiction-about-weight-and-eating-disorders/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:28:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://www.readingrants.org/2007/05/04/the-bare-bones-honest-fiction-about-weight-and-eating-disorders/#comment-116 Anonymous Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:08:41 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/2007/05/04/the-bare-bones-honest-fiction-about-weight-and-eating-disorders/#comment-116 I agree that it's really a fascinating topic, eating disorders. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen is a great one (I think her best book, topped only by Dreamland, which might work for your stoned section) where her sister has an eating disorder that takes all of her familys' attention away from her own personal crisis. Also, Perfect by Natasha Friend isn't particularly well-written (not nearly as good as her other book Lush, I think) but it shows an interesting take on bullimia. Any thing by Sarah Dessen is usually really poigant about loss. I agree that it’s really a fascinating topic, eating disorders. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen is a great one (I think her best book, topped only by Dreamland, which might work for your stoned section) where her sister has an eating disorder that takes all of her familys’ attention away from her own personal crisis. Also, Perfect by Natasha Friend isn’t particularly well-written (not nearly as good as her other book Lush, I think) but it shows an interesting take on bullimia. Any thing by Sarah Dessen is usually really poigant about loss.

]]> http://www.readingrants.org/2007/05/04/the-bare-bones-honest-fiction-about-weight-and-eating-disorders/#comment-151 Jen Hubert Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:17:52 +0000 http://www.readingrants.org/2007/05/04/the-bare-bones-honest-fiction-about-weight-and-eating-disorders/#comment-151 Yes, I love Dessen. Her work is all over this website, Just Listen is under Rriot Grrl and Dreamland is in Virgin Run, but they could definitely go on other lists as well. Yes, I love Dessen. Her work is all over this website, Just Listen is under Rriot Grrl and Dreamland is in Virgin Run, but they could definitely go on other lists as well.

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