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	Anorexia: A Stranger in the Family By: Metcalfe, Katie Published By: Accent Press Ltd ePub for Digital Editions Price: $14.99 PDF for Digital Editions Price: $14.99 Mobipocket Reader Price: $14.99 Microsoft Reader Price: $14.99 Available to read online in eb20 (what's this?) PDF for Digital EditionsePub for Digital EditionsMobipocket ReaderMicrosoft Reader	EBOOK OPTIONS ADD TO CART ADD TO WISHLIST TELL A FRIEND RECEIVE ALERTS
	Takes readers through the daily struggle with a potentially lethal obsession, the fear of over eating: a harrowing account of the author's triumphs and tragedies on the long road to recovery after being hospitalized at 15. This book presents the story of a young girl at war with herself and anyone who fights to keep her alive.

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My appearance and weight had never really been a big issue or concern to me before I turned fourteen. I mean, I did notice that I was bigger in the thigh and stomach region than most of my friends at school (or so I thought). I also noticed that I couldn’t run as fast as my friends or be as good as them at sport. I didn’t feel as attractive to the boys in the class as they were, not to mention boys out of school. I felt like the ‘tag on’, the girl who ‘wasn’t quite right’. I wasn’t pretty enough and didn’t have quite the right figure. I tried hard not to let it get to me, but sometimes it was hard, especially as I got older and the pressures to look good and to be popular increased. I couldn’t jump the high hurdles in gym class or do perfect handstands, shoot a pot shot in basketball without it being a fluke, or run for more that half a mile without stopping for breath. I would get sniggered at because everybody else could do everything so easily. My girlfriends would talk and brag about how little they weighed and what size trousers and tops they wore, patting their tummies and saying, “Look at this fat, isn’t it horrible? No wonder I weigh so much.” I wouldn’t dare say how heavy I was; I wanted to avoid being humiliated. I think the time I decided to do something about my weight, appearance and popularity was just after I turned fourteen, and was at a difficult time in my life anyway. The teacher I had had from the age of seven was leaving the school to go and live and teach in Germany, and all my school friends were leaving to go to other schools, a lot of them at boarding schools all over the country. I wouldn’t be able to see them often. There was still another year left at school, and I was determined to see it through. I didn’t want to change schools although I knew it wouldn't be easy. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t get on with the three boys that I would spend the year with. I decided there was nothing I could do, other than to make the best of a bad situation. At least I’d got what I wanted, to finish my education at Botton School, even if it meant being the only girl in a class of four.

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