Published June 2025
★★
One of those memoirs that is heartfelt but perhaps written a bit too soon. Hoeppner wrote this a few months into working toward recovery, and the ambivalence is clear; at times Hoeppner writes as though she is fully recovered, but then it becomes clear how much she is still struggling. (Even the six mentions of a particular weight—not to mention that same weight on the cover—in a book that is only a hundred-odd pages long suggests to me that part of her is still finding some validation in illness.)
All of this is a very normal place for someone to be in, just a few months in, but it's more catharthis-writing than anything. I hope that with more time she'll continue to get into a better place.
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