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Learning to Be Me: My Twenty-Three-Year Battle with Bulimia

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Author: Jocelyn Golden
Publisher: iUniverse Star
Category: Book

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Pages: 194
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5

ISBN: 1583484825
EAN: 9781583484821
ASIN: 1583484825

Publication Date: May 25, 2007
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Editorial Reviews:

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Having read many books on eating disorders, I am always inspired by ones that are written from a personal perspective. ILearning To Be Me/I is so honest and bravely written. It offers readers immense hope, and I am already recommending it to some of my clients./br BAndrea Wachter/B, coauthor of IThe Dont Diet, Live-It! Workbook/I/P Many women in the United States who suffer from eating disorders die from the diseases annually. ILearning To Be Me: My Twenty-Three-Year Battle with Bulimia/I is one womans courageous battle to not become a statistic./P From violent self-abuse to feelings of despair as her cries for help went unanswered, author Jocelyn Goldens ILearning To Be Me/I chronicles her battle and ultimate victory over one of the most silent, misunderstood, and deadly eating disorders in America. With candor and wit, Golden recounts the miserable realities of living with bulimia for more than two decades and paints a vivid self-portrait of a woman obsessed with being thin./P An inspirational memoir about the search for strength, motivation, and support, ILearning To Be Me/I illustrates the importance of self-love on the journey to healing./P

Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Inspiring story. November 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

For those of us ladies who have any sort of eating issue, from selective eating, to full out disorders... this is a great story and would inspire anybody who would read it with an open heart and mind.

4 out of 5 stars

Intimate insight into a real-life experience. A touching read! June 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Unlike other self-help eating disorder books, this book is an incredibly honest insight, sparing no details on the reality of bulimia. It provides an intimate understanding behind the emotional mental and physical causes of this powerful mind disease. A must read for any young woman, mother or sister!

2 out of 5 stars

Did I read a different book? January 23, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I was influenced by the overwhelming positive reviews of the book so I decided to see what this book was about myself. After reading the book I disagree with the majority of the reviewers (who may have been swayed by the fact they felt a personal connection to the reader). It must be noted that I personally do not suffer from an eating disorder but I read the book in hopes of helping me to understand what it is like to suffer from one. While the author does her fair share recounting her experience with bulimia it is poorly written (it almost reads like a first-person narrative by a teenager with simple sentences and limited vocabulary) and cumbersome to get through at times. A previous reviewer mentioned that s/he felt like s/he was reading an unedited copy of the book and I echo this sentiment. Golden's story while appropriately deserving of empathy lacks depth and insight and somewhat rambles on in a disorganized fashion. In any event, the book starts to get better at about the middle when she starts to go into detail about her binges and purges and the reality of her behavior sets in. As many others have mentioned she does not go into much detail about the recovery process because the book was written during the time she was recovering. Also, while this is somewhat minor, the titles of her chapters have little relevance to the content of the chapters and come across as being kitschy (e.g., "My Blanket of Shadows", "Home Sweet Hurt", and "From a Whisper to a Silent Scream"). br /

5 out of 5 stars

Learning to Be Me: My Twenty-Three-Year Battle with Bulimia October 10, 2007
Learning to Be Me: My Twenty-Three-Year Battle with Bulimia br /Jocelyn Golden did a great job writing this book. It really was one of the best I've read on bulimia. The main character is trapped in a house with people who are supposed to love and comfort her but are incredibly and selfishly indifferent to her yet intolerably critical. Overcoming such odds really is remarkable and stands as an example for others. I highly recommend this book.

5 out of 5 stars

THE BOOK I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR October 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I had been looking for a book that would help me understand the thought process behind a bulimic's behavior, in an effort to help a family member. I wanted to get inside the head of a bulimic, I wanted to FEEL what a bulimic does, no other book did this for me - Jocelyn Golden's "Learning to be me" did! I've read many bulimia books in my quest to educate myself, but none gave me the insight I gained by reading Ms. Golden's book. I highly recommend "Learning To Be Me" to any sister, mother or other relative trying to help a loved one. It gave me the courage to confront my relative, one more time, and present her with support and treatment options even though I know it may sever our relationship - I love her that much. I thank Ms. Golden for the difference her talented writing has made in my life and for portraying the facts clearly and with emotion.br /br /I would love to see another book by this author.

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