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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
i found myself overwhelmed with the emotion in this book. didn't really think I would like it as much as I did, but certainly glad I purchased it.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
fascinating but i dont even recall why i picked this up
I will admit to struggling with my own judgmental feelings as a read this book, coming to the conclusion that anorexia is a disease of the chronically self obsessed. Then I read Portia's epilogue to her story and found that she had come to the same conclusion about herself! This is really well written and certainly helped me to understand what drives people to such maladaptive behaviour, including the lack of self insight and denial that goes with the condition. I think she is very courageous to tell her story so frankly. Recommended to anyone who works in the health or mental health fields, or has a friend or family member with this condition.
Celebrity memoir, but more interesting than most. Made me a little sad for her; can't be easy being famous and anorexic and a closeted lesbian. I hope her life is much better now. Seems like it is.
LOVED IT. Beautifully written and extremely touching.
Needed some editing. The first half was good, the second half was more of the same.
Officially giving this 3.5 stars. This is an unflinchingly honest potrayal of what goes on inside the mind of someone who is suffering from an eating disorder. It is sometimes difficult to read, but utterly fascinating for anyone remotely interested in psychosis.
Having first heard of Portia de Rossi only after she began dating Ellen DeGeneres, I had a very different idea of what she was like as opposed to what I learned after reading this book. She seems so well-adjusted and happy now, I can't believe how far she has come not only with her physcial health, but with her mental health as well. Not to mention the fact that she was able to come to terms with the fact that she is gay, which features more prominently in the book than you would think. In fact, her struggles with her sexual identity seem to compound her problems with her body inmage and self-esteem making her eating disorder that much worse.
I would most recommend this book to girls with eating disorders, since it is an insider's account and does not come off as being preachy at all.
If you're thinking about reading this, you should!
Having first heard of Portia de Rossi only after she began dating Ellen DeGeneres, I had a very different idea of what she was like as opposed to what I learned after reading this book. She seems so well-adjusted and happy now, I can't believe how far she has come not only with her physcial health, but with her mental health as well. Not to mention the fact that she was able to come to terms with the fact that she is gay, which features more prominently in the book than you would think. In fact, her struggles with her sexual identity seem to compound her problems with her body inmage and self-esteem making her eating disorder that much worse.
I would most recommend this book to girls with eating disorders, since it is an insider's account and does not come off as being preachy at all.
If you're thinking about reading this, you should!