Published 2005
★★★
Interesting in the way this feels ahead of its time for the mid-2000s—Wealthall takes pains to note, for example, that weight is not the only indicator of an active eating disorder, and that someone can look 'healthy' but be terribly ill. Considering that this is something that many professionals still struggle to grasp, props to Wealthall for putting it so concisely into words some twenty years ago.
I had expected this to be a memoir, though, and it's not really. Wealthall tells her own story in brief, then uses others' stories throughout the rest of the book to illustrate experiences that differ from her own. Obviously that's fine (and good on her for seeking out people who knew things that she didn't), but the book ends up feeling less like, well, story, and more like a more educational material. Also fine...just not something I'm likely to return to.
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