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Author:
Grace Bowman
By Penguin
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: £6.99
Our Price: £1.80
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780141022840
ISBN: 0141022841
Label: Penguin
Manufacturer: Penguin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2007-01-25
Publisher: Penguin
Studio: Penguin |
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 Self-absorbed , 2008-07-28
I only got to about 1/3 of the way through this book as, quite frankly, I couldn't stand Grace. As much as I admire anyone who's able to come through an illness such as anorexia, I found her annoying, and found it hard to sympathise or relate to her in any way. To me, this was just another story of the beautiful, clever, popular girl who is never satisfied. Talking of how she always had to achieve perfection, which, for many years, she found easy, made me just want to slap her and tell her to get over herself. I'm probably just being harsh, and maybe I should've finished the book before making a judgement, but personally there's plenty of other books like this, with more desirable characters.
AMAZING!, 2009-01-03
This book takes some beating when it comes to books on anorexia. It is definately one of the best i've read, and i've read a lot! Having suffered from anorexia myself i could relate to every word written. It was hugely comforting for me to read about another person's experiance of this destructive illness. She explains the origins of the illness with amazing detail and her unique writing technique really intices you as the reader. I have since loaned this book to my friend, whom also suffers from anorexia, and would thoroughly recommend it to fellow sufferers. I'm also keen for people who want to learn more about the illness, be them carers or others, to read this book.
Not Well Written, 2008-10-07
I don't think this book is well written. I disliked being told by the protagonist at the end that her experience with anorexia was by no means severe. The confession made me feel cheated.
A factual and informative account, 2008-04-08
'Thin' is very different from what I was expecting. I have read a lot of different memoirs over the years dealing with differing aspects of people's lives and it's nice when you come along different ones along the way. This is one of them. It reads as a cross between research, autobiography and reference but with a young woman's emotion in there for good measure.
I think this was published in hard back just before turning 30, so what a milestone that would've been. There is only one criticism of the book that I have and that's at times you don't really get to see the harshness of the reality of society - I can imagine her friends being accepting of her but she never discusses how people responded to her for example on holiday in her swimsuit.
It is extremely well written and I was actually able to sit and read it in one sitting, I do confess to skipping the playscripts as I didn't like those bits which is why I have given it 4 stars instead of 5. As I haven't had any personal involvement with eating disorders I can't confirm how accurate it is, all I can say is I found it interesting and informative.
Amazing book, 2008-07-14
I really recommend this book it really easy to get into and amazing story of what grace went through with her eatting problems. I love this book and had read it with in a week if you want a good book to read this is one for you.
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