Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10690 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-25
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Synopsis
Bright, popular, pretty and successful, Grace Bowman had the world at her feet. So what drove her to starve herself nearly to death at the age of 18? And what, more importantly, made her stop? A grippingly honest account of life with anorexia nervosa, "A Shape of My Own" is Grace's hearbreaking, shocking and, finally, inspirational memoir. An extraordinary story, it is also a common one - is there a woman in the western world who has a normal relationship with food? It is a compulsive read, essential for anyone hoping to understand more about eating disorders and overcoming addiction.

Customer Reviews

Amazing book
I really recommend this book it really easy to get into and amazing story of what grace went through with her eatting problems. I love this book and had read it with in a week if you want a good book to read this is one for you.

A factual and informative account
'Thin' is very different from what I was expecting. I have read a lot of different memoirs over the years dealing with differing aspects of people's lives and it's nice when you come along different ones along the way. This is one of them. It reads as a cross between research, autobiography and reference but with a young woman's emotion in there for good measure.

I think this was published in hard back just before turning 30, so what a milestone that would've been. There is only one criticism of the book that I have and that's at times you don't really get to see the harshness of the reality of society - I can imagine her friends being accepting of her but she never discusses how people responded to her for example on holiday in her swimsuit.

It is extremely well written and I was actually able to sit and read it in one sitting, I do confess to skipping the playscripts as I didn't like those bits which is why I have given it 4 stars instead of 5. As I haven't had any personal involvement with eating disorders I can't confirm how accurate it is, all I can say is I found it interesting and informative.

Just a small FYI
I'm in the process of reading this book, but I just wanted to add, for anyone who doesn't know, that this book is the same as 'A Shape Of My Own' (in hardcover). I always find that other peoples reviews help me to choose my books, and there are 12 other reviews on the hardcover version... I too shall write one when I am done, but so far I am halfway through and I'm loving it!