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Book Title
Stick Figure : a Diary of My Former Self
Publication Name
Stick Figure
Title
Stick Figure
Subtitle
A Diary of My Former Self
Author
Lori Gottlieb
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
1439148902
EAN
9781439148907
ISBN
9781439148907
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Genre
Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
Topic
Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Women, Personal Memoirs, Eating Disorders & Body Image
Release Date
17/11/2009
Release Year
2009
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1439148902
ISBN-13
9781439148907
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72051575

Product Key Features

Book Title
Stick Figure : a Diary of My Former Self
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Women, Personal Memoirs, Eating Disorders & Body Image
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
Author
Lori Gottlieb
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Martha Manningauthor ofUndercurrents: A Life Beneath the SurfaceLori Gottlieb's approach is compassionate, and very, very funny. More than just a book about anorexia,Stick Figureis an entertaining and thoughtful coming-of-age story that deals with an almost universal theme -- negotiating the minefields of early adolescence and living to tell the tale., Martha Manning author of Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface Lori Gottlieb's approach is compassionate, and very, very funny. More than just a book about anorexia, Stick Figure is an entertaining and thoughtful coming-of-age story that deals with an almost universal theme -- negotiating the minefields of early adolescence and living to tell the tale., Peggy Orenstein author of School Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap By turns earnest and funny, hopeful and tragic, eleven-year-old Lori is a latter-day Alice: She takes us through the distorted looking glass that's held up to young girls and into the harrowing land of eating disorders. There is no other word for it: You will devour this book -- and, hopefully, keep right on eating., Peggy Orensteinauthor ofSchool Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence GapBy turns earnest and funny, hopeful and tragic, eleven-year-old Lori is a latter-day Alice: She takes us through the distorted looking glass that's held up to young girls and into the harrowing land of eating disorders. There is no other word for it: You will devour this book -- and, hopefully, keep right on eating., Sarah Saffianauthor ofIthaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being FoundLori Gottlieb's eleven-year-old self is a singular storyteller of unblinking candor and precocious insight. As rife with wry humor as it is lacking in self-pity, this fast-paced chronicle of late-1970s adolescent anorexia is narrated with a light touch, and yet is chilling and poignant in its straightforward simplicity., Sarah Saffian author of Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found Lori Gottlieb's eleven-year-old self is a singular storyteller of unblinking candor and precocious insight. As rife with wry humor as it is lacking in self-pity, this fast-paced chronicle of late-1970s adolescent anorexia is narrated with a light touch, and yet is chilling and poignant in its straightforward simplicity., Martha Manningauthor of Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface Lori Gottlieb's approach is compassionate, and very, very funny. More than just a book about anorexia, Stick Figure is an entertaining and thoughtful coming-of-age story that deals with an almost universal theme -- negotiating the minefields of early adolescence and living to tell the tale., Peggy Orensteinauthor of School Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap By turns earnest and funny, hopeful and tragic, eleven-year-old Lori is a latter-day Alice: She takes us through the distorted looking glass that's held up to young girls and into the harrowing land of eating disorders. There is no other word for it: You will devour this book -- and, hopefully, keep right on eating., Sarah Saffianauthor of Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found Lori Gottlieb's eleven-year-old self is a singular storyteller of unblinking candor and precocious insight. As rife with wry humor as it is lacking in self-pity, this fast-paced chronicle of late-1970s adolescent anorexia is narrated with a light touch, and yet is chilling and poignant in its straightforward simplicity.
Dewey Decimal
616.85/263/0092 B
Table Of Content
Contents Part One: Winter 1978 "Who Do You Think You Are, Young Lady?" Captain of Justice Power Paragraph Real Women Don't Eat Dessert Thunder Thighs Sex Education Chameleon Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness "That's My Girl" The Lori Monument Sorry About the Milk Shake, Mr. President Day of Atonement Part Two: Spring 1978 Please Help the Hungry Lactose Intolerant If You Can Pinch an Inch Level F, Section Pink Facts and Figure Shrink Me Absolute Delight Don't Talk with Your Mouth Full Chewing on Air "Hello, Angels....It's Charlie" E Is for Electrolyte Part Three: Summer 1978 Breck Girl Fractions Brownie Camp Cedars Nora Hey, Taxi Shereen's Jeans Life without Andy Gibb Cutting the Fat Secretary School North Star Do Not Resuscitate Stick Figure Eggshells You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Thin Epilogue Acknowledgments
Synopsis
Lori Gottlieb--psychotherapist, national advice columnist, and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone--shares her "gripping" (The Boston Globe) chronicle of adolescent anorexia that "stands out as a fresh, edgy take...on that perilous time in a girl's life when she's no longer a child but not quite an adult (Entertainment Weekly). For a girl growing up in Beverly Hills in 1978, the motto "You can never be too rich or too thin" is writ large. Precocious Lori learns her lessons well, so when she's told that "real women don't eat dessert" and "no one could ever like a girl who has thunder thighs," she decides to become a paragon of dieting. Soon Lori has become the "stick figure" she's longed to resemble. But then what? Stick Figure takes the reader on a gripping journey, as Lori struggles to reclaim both her body and her spirit. By turns painful and wry, Lori's efforts to reconcile the conflicting messages society sends women ring as true today as when she first recorded these impressions. "One diet book says that if you drink three full glasses of water one hour before every meal to fill yourself up, you'll lose a pound a day. Another book says that once you start losing weight, everyone will ask, 'How did you do it?' but you shouldn't tell them because it's 'your little secret.' Then right above that part it says, 'New York Times bestseller.' Some secret." Based on the author's childhood journals, Stick Figure is "a smart, funny, compassionate" (Entertainment Weekly) tale that delivers an engrossing glimpse into the mind of a girl in transition to adulthood and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of living up to society's expectations., Lori Gottlieb--psychotherapist, national advice columnist, and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone --shares her "gripping" ( The Boston Globe ) chronicle of adolescent anorexia that "stands out as a fresh, edgy take...on that perilous time in a girl's life when she's no longer a child but not quite an adult ( Entertainment Weekly ). For a girl growing up in Beverly Hills in 1978, the motto "You can never be too rich or too thin" is writ large. Precocious Lori learns her lessons well, so when she's told that "real women don't eat dessert" and "no one could ever like a girl who has thunder thighs," she decides to become a paragon of dieting. Soon Lori has become the "stick figure" she's longed to resemble. But then what? Stick Figure takes the reader on a gripping journey, as Lori struggles to reclaim both her body and her spirit. By turns painful and wry, Lori's efforts to reconcile the conflicting messages society sends women ring as true today as when she first recorded these impressions. "One diet book says that if you drink three full glasses of water one hour before every meal to fill yourself up, you'll lose a pound a day. Another book says that once you start losing weight, everyone will ask, 'How did you do it?' but you shouldn't tell them because it's 'your little secret.' Then right above that part it says, 'New York Times bestseller.' Some secret." Based on the author's childhood journals, Stick Figure is "a smart, funny, compassionate" ( Entertainment Weekly ) tale that delivers an engrossing glimpse into the mind of a girl in transition to adulthood and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of living up to society's expectations.
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