ESCAPE FROM ANOREXIA
by Jessica Lynn Campbell

ABOUT THE BOOK:

This riveting autobiography recounts a girl’s life-or-death struggle with anorexia nervosa. Take a journey with her through every stage of a deadly eating disorder, from onset to recovery.

Begin with the girl as a child and see her interactions with her family and how these affected her body image. She becomes obsessed with thinness and her mental disorder begins to control her behavior.

The girl battles exercise addiction, food restriction, and slight bulimia. She experiences severe, life-threatening weight loss.

The book provides an intimate look at the destructive patterns of behavior that cause individuals to acquire eating disorders. It also includes a useful Resources section to help readers get support.

For the latest news about eating disorders and new solutions for them, please get ongoing updates from the author’s ’Blog at http://www.aboutjessicacampbell.blogspot.com, where you will also find a free study guide for classroom use.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jessica Lynn Campbell is a writer, a journalist, an editor, and an animal trainer. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and is currently completing a Master of Arts in English—technical communication degree. Her animal training experience includes working with a variety of animals including more than 100 species of birds, bottlenose dolphins, porcupines, opossums, muntjac deer, skunks, raccoons, and snakes. She has authored countless research, persuasive, and rhetorical papers, as well as several feature articles and reviews for different newspapers.