"One of the most up to date, relevant, and honest accounts of one
family's battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia. Brown
has masterfully woven science, history, and heart throughout this
compelling and tender story."
--Lynn S. Grefe, Chief Executive Officer, National Eating Disorders
Association
"As a woman who once knew the grip of a life-controlling eating
disorder, I held my breath reading Harriet Brown's story. As a mother of
daughters, I wept for her. Then cheered."
--Joyce Maynard, author of Labor Day
In Brave Girl Eating, the chronicle of a family's struggle with
anorexia nervosa, journalist, professor, and author Harriet Brown
recounts in mesmerizing and horrifying detail her daughter Kitty's
journey from near-starvation to renewed health. Brave Girl Eating is
an intimate, shocking, compelling, and ultimately uplifting look at the
ravages of a mental illness that affects more than 18 million
Americans.