A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES , GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A searing memoir from Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , about one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses. ''A clear-eyed view of a debilitating and misunderstood illness'' Guardian ''A gripping story'' Financial Times From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. For the next twenty years, she grappled with various forms of self-destructive behaviour as the anorexia mutated and persisted. Combining personal experience with deep reporting, this profoundly honest and hopeful story details Freeman''s long journey to recovery.

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Hadley Freeman is a staff writer at the Sunday Times. She worked for more than 20 years at the Guardian and her writing has appeared in many publications. Her previous book, House of Glass, was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been published around the world.

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A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIANAND WALL STREET JOURNAL

A searing memoir from Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, about one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses.

'A clear-eyed view of a debilitating and misunderstood illness' Guardian

'A gripping story' Financial Times

From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. For the next twenty years, she grappled with various forms of self-destructive behaviour as the anorexia mutated and persisted. Combining personal experience with deep reporting, this profoundly honest and hopeful story details Freeman's long journey to recovery.