To Die for

Carol Lee

За особеностите на екземпляра

Състояние:: Много добро
Забележка:: Използвана книга, здрави корици и книжно тяло, леко захабен външен вид.
Език:: Английски
Наличност:: 1 бр.

За изданието

Издателство:: Arrow Books
Град на издаване:: London
Година:: 2005 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 287
Корици:: Меки
Категория:: Мемоари, биографии, писма
Тегло (гр.):: 199
Ширина (мм):: 110
Височина (мм):: 180
Дебелина (мм):: 23
ISBN:: 9780099446927

Standing the other side of the bed, side-on, the change in her is shocking. Many stones dropped since the last time we met. Her skin is grey, her expression guarded, defensive, her eyes avoiding mine. I hesitate. We have been here before with her illness so many times. I sense this time will have to be different. This may be her last chance... When Carol Lee’s cherished god-daughter Emma descends into a long and dangerous battle with anorexia, Carol is the only one she trusts enough to let into ber tormented world. Interspersed with revealing and poignant entries from Emma’s diaries, To Die For shows intensely, and ultimately joyfully, how the power of trust and shared memories can confront even this most cruel of illnesses. ** ‘A moving account of one woman’s struggle with anorexia’ Independent ‘Heartbreaking but fascinating’ Heat ‘A disturbing and important book written with tough compassion’ Maureen Duffy * When I see her, my first emotion is anger, not sorrow, or the fear I raced here with - that I would be too lateWhen Carol Lee's cherished god-daughter Emma descended into a long and frightening battle with Anorexia, Carol found herself at a loss to know quite what to do. Faced with a confusing assortment of perspectives, theories and treatments from the medical and psychiatric professions, there seemed to be little agreement regarding this perplexing, voracious and sometimes fatal illness. This is the true story of Carol's relationship with Emma, the girl who 'adopted me in a London pub when she was two and three quarters'. Carol tells of her quest to understand and help Emma, weaving back and forth in time creating a picture of Emma's childhood and describing her long battle; her time spent in a secure unit, the secrecy and fury that forever lurked beneath the fragile surface and the infuriating, heartbreaking but ultimately life-saving relationship that they share. We learn through the entries of Emma's diaries and in the book's afterword how she struggled to escape from her dangerous, extraordinary 'dark romance' with this illness and how it was the stories and words that were fed to her that helped her to slowly become well again.

Ключови думи: преживяно, истински истории, нарушено хранене, анорексия