… references (or: “a few books I read”) …

  • Andersen, Arnold, MD, with Leigh Cohn “Stories I tell my patients: 101 myths, metaphors, fables and tall tales for eating disorders recovery”
  • Anderson, Laurie Halse “Wintergirls”
  • Antieau, Kim “Mercy, unbound”
  • Apostolides, Marianne “Inner hunger: a young woman’s struggle through anorexia and bulimia
  • Ballard, Alexandra “What I lost”
  • Beard, Amanda “In the water they can’t see you cry: a memoir”
  • Brown, Harriet “Brave girl eating: a family’s struggle with anorexia”
  • Bruch, Hilde “Eating disorders: obesity, anorexia nervosa, and the person within”
  • Bruch, H. “The golden cage: the enigma of anorexia nervosa”
  • Brumberg, Joan Jacobs “Fasting girls: the history of anorexia nervosa”
  • Chepaitis, Barbara “Feeding Christine”
  • Claude-Pierre, Peggy “The secret language of eating disorders: how you can understand and work to cure anorexia and bulimia
  • Cohn, Leigh “Eating disorders: a reference sourcebook”
  • Daniels, Lucy “With a woman’s voice: a writer’s struggle for emotional freedom”
  • de Rossi, Portia “Unbearable lightness: a story of loss and gain”
  • Dunkle, Clare B. “Hope and other luxuries: a mother’s life with a daughter’s anorexia
  • Dunkle, Elena and Dunkle, Clare B. “Elena Vanishing: A Memoir”
  • Eliot, Eve “Insatiable: the compelling story of four teens, food and its power”
  • Forrest, Emma “Your voice in my head”
  • Garfinkel, Paul, and David Garner “Handbook of treatment for eating disorders” Gaudiani, Jennifer L. “Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders
  • Gold, Tracey “Room to grow: an appetite for life”
  • Gottlieb, Lori “Stick figure”
  • Greenfield, Lauren “Thin”
  • Gura, Trisha “Lying in weight: the hidden epidemic of eating disorders in adult women”
  • Hanauer, Cathi “My sister’s bones”
  • Hautzig, Deborah “Second star to the right”
  • Henke, Roxanne “Becoming Olivia”
  • Hollis, Judi “Fat is a family affair”
  • Hornbacher, Marya “Wasted, updated edition: a memoir of anorexia and bulimia”
  • Johns, Nicole J. “Purge: rehab diaries”
  • Kaslik, Ibi “Skinny”
  • Kinoy, Barbara P. “Eating disorders: new directions in treatment and recovery”
  • Kirkland, Kelsey “Dancing on my grave”
  • Klein, Stephanie “Moose: a memoir of fat camp”
  • Lerner, Betsy “Food and loathing: a lament”
  • Levenkron, Steven “Anatomy of anorexia
  • Levenkron, S. “The best little girl in the world”
  • Levenkron, S. “Kessa”
  • Levenkron, S. “Treating and overcoming anorexia nervosa
  • Liu, Aimee “Solitaire: the compelling story of a young woman growing up in America and her triumph over anorexia”
  • Liu, A. “Gaining: the truth about life after eating disorders”
  • Lott, Deborah A. “In session: the bond between women and their therapists”
  • McClure, Cynthia Rowland “The monster within: overcoming bulimia” McCurdy, Jennette “I’m glad my mom died”
  • Medoff, Jillian “Hunger point”
  • Miller, Caroline Adams “My name is Caroline”
  • Moisin, Laura “Kid rex: the inspiring true account of a life salvaged from despair, anorexia and dark days in New York City”
  • O’Neill, Cherry Boone “Starving for attention: a young woman’s struggle with and triumph over anorexia nervosa”
  • O’Neill, C. B. “Dear Cherry: questions and answers on eating disorders”
  • Orbach, Susie “Fat is a feminist issue”
  • Osgood, Kelsey “How to disappear completely: on modern anorexia”
  • Palmer, Catherine “The happy room”
  • Pershall, Stacy “Loud in the house of myself: memoir of a strange girl”
  • Pierce, Bethany “Feeling for bones”
  • Price, Nora “Zoe letting go”
  • Rabinor, Judith Ruskay “A starving madness: tales of hunger, hope, and healing in psychotherapy”
  • Raviv, Shani “Being Ana”
  • Reindl, Sheila M. “Sensing the self: women’s recovery from bulimia”
  • Rio, Linda “The anorexia diaries: a mother and daughter’s triumph over teenage eating disorders”
  • Ronen, Tammie “In and out of anorexia: the story of the client, the therapist and the process of recovery”
  • Ryan, Joan “Little girls in pretty boxes: the making and breaking of elite gymnasts and figure skaters”
  • Sacker, Ira M. “Regaining your self: breaking free from the eating disorder identity: a bold new approach”
  • Sacker, I. M. “Dying to be thin: understanding and defeating anorexia nervosa and bulimia — a practical, lifesaving guide”
  • Sargent, Judy Tam “The long road back: a survivor’s guide to anorexia”
  • Schmidt, Randy L. “Little girl blue: the life of Karen Carpenter”
  • Sey, Jennifer “Chalked up: inside elite gymnastics’ merciless coaching, overzealous parents, eating disorders, and elusive olympic dreams”
  • Sigler, Jamie-Lynn “Wise girl: what I’ve learned about life, love, and loss”
  • Smith, Chelsea “Diary of an eating disorder: a mother and daughter share their healing journey”
  • Snyder, Anne “Goodbye, paper doll”
  • Spechler, Diana “Skinny”
  • Taylor, Kate M. “Going hungry: writers on desire, self-denial, and overcoming anorexia”
  • Valette, Brett “A parent’s guide to eating disorders: prevention and treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia”
  • Wheeler, Kathleen (Editor) “Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse”
  • White, Kate “So pretty it hurts”
  • Woolf, Emma “An apple a day: a memoir of love and recovery from anorexia”
  • Yalom, Irvin D. “The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients”
  • Yalom, Irvin D. “Love’s Executioner”
  • Zgheib, Yara “The girls at 17 Swann Street”

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