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Alex Lemon: IMG Everyone Called Me "Happy"

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Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self

by Lori Gottlieb

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ISBN13: 9780425178904
ISBN10: 0425178900
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From the diaries she kept as an 11-year-old, the author's wry, perceptive account of her near-fatal struggle with anorexia nervosa is told with an unguarded openness not seen since Susanna Kaysen's "Girl Interrupted". Martin Scorsese's company, Carpo Productions, has purchased movie rights to Gottlieb's journal.

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Poignant...Gottlieb is dead-on about society's irrational attitudes towards women's bodies. (Washington Post Book World)

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Compelling. (Booklist)

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It reads like a novel. (Boston Globe)

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Very, very funny...an entertaining and thoughtful coming-of-age story. (Martha Manning, author of Undercurrents)
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About the Author

Lori Gottlieb, a medical student at Stanford University, is a former Hollywood executive. Her work has appeared in Salon, Slate, and Daily Variety, among other publications. She lives in California.
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Yo dawg i loved it i was in tears at the end of this book. i cant believe young girls go through stuff like this. it rocked dude. everyone should read it.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780425178904
Subtitle:
A Diary of My Former Self
Author:
Gottlieb, Lori
Publisher:
Berkley Publishing Group
Location:
New York
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Health
Subject:
Specific Groups - Special Needs
Subject:
Anorexia nervosa
Subject:
Patients
Subject:
Eating Disorders - Anorexia Nervosa
Subject:
General Social Science
Subject:
Gottlieb, Lori - Health
Subject:
Anorexia nervosa - Patients
Subject:
Psychopathology - Eating Disorders
Edition Description:
Berkley trade pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
no. 40
Publication Date:
April 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
7.98x5.20x.66 in. .45 lbs.
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