Rent Stick Figure

Synopsis

In this riveting diary, an 11-year-old girl reveals her downward spiral into anorexia nervosa. Prior to her disease, she reports her uncomfortable sensation of being a misfit, her inability to please her parents, and others' negative comments about her physical appearance. She also notes her father's authoritative attitude and her mother's unhealthy relationship with food. This horrifying account illuminates the ways in a culture's obsession with perfection, dieting, and body image, combined with an unhappy family life, can ruin a child.

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