| Hope and Other Luxuries: A Mother's Life with a Daughter's Anorexia Contributor(s): Dunkle, Clare B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1452121567 ISBN-13: 9781452121567 Publisher: Chronicle Books OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2014047354 |
| Lexile Measure: 700 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (2.00 lbs) 464 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 174525 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 30.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As heard on NPR's Diane Rehm Show Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life--two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But it's when you let down your guard that the ax falls. Just after one daughter successfully conquered her depression, another daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder. Co-published with Elena Vanishing, the memoir of her daughter, this is the story--told in brave, beautifully written, and unflinchingly honest prose--of one family's fight against a deadly disease, from an often ignored but important perspective: the mother of the anorexic. |