Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat A Story of Bulimia

Name: Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat A Story of Bulimia
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ISBN: 9781556527869

ISBN-10: 1556527861

ISBN-13: 9781556527869

Edition: 2009

Authors: Stephanie Covington Armstrong

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Describing her struggle as a black woman with an eating disorder that is consistently portrayed as a white woman's problem, this insightful and moving narrative traces the background and factors that caused her bulimia. Moving coast to coast, she tries to escape her self-hatred and obsession by never slowing down, unaware that she is caught in downward spiral emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Finally she can no longer deny that she will die if she doesn't get help, overcome her shame, and conquer her addiction. But seeking help only reinforces her negative self-image, and she discovers her race makes her an oddity in the all-white programs for eating disorders. This memoir of her…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



A Note from the Author


Eating ...



Before


A Hungry Childhood


Returning Home


Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn


Monster in the Family


Father's Day


Missing Mommy


A Communist Among Us


The Trouble with Puberty


Tragedies



During


On My Own


Losing It


Hollywood, California


What Goes Down Must Come Up


Manorexic


New York


Location, Location, Location


Dating for Doughnuts


Resistance Is Futile



After


Giving Up the Fight


The Inward Journey


On Solid Ground


Acknowledgments