How to disappear completely : on modern anorexia
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Overlook Press, [2013].
ISBN
9781468306682 (hardback), 1468306685 (hardback)
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Acton - Adult | 616.852 O82 | On Shelf |
Concord - Adult | 616.8526 Osgood | On Shelf |
Lexington - Adult | 616.852 O | On Shelf |
Needham - Adult | 616.8526 O | On Shelf |
Newton - Adult | 616.852 O82H 2013 | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
New York : Overlook Press, [2013].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781468306682 (hardback), 1468306685 (hardback)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-266).
Description
"At fourteen, Kelsey Osgood became fascinated by the stories of women who starved themselves. She devoured their memoirs and magazine articles, committing the most salacious details of their cautionary tales to memory--how little they ate, their lowest weights, and their merciless exercise regimes--to learn what it would take to be the very best anorectic. When she was hospitalized for anorexia at fifteen, she found herself in an existential wormhole: how can one suffer from something one has actively sought out? Through her own decade-long battle with anorexia, which included three lengthy hospitalizations, Osgood harrowingly describes the haunting and competitive world of inpatient facilities populated with other adolescents, some as young as ten years old. With attuned storytelling and unflinching introspection, Kelsey Osgood unpacks the modern myths of anorexia, examining the cult-like underbelly of eating disorders in the young, as she chronicles her own rehabilitation. How to Disappear Completely is a brave, candid and emotionally wrenching memoir that explores the physical, internal, and social ramifications of eating disorders and subverts many of the popularly held notions of the illness and, most hopefully, the path to recovery. "--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Osgood, K. (2013). How to disappear completely: on modern anorexia . Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Osgood, Kelsey. 2013. How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia. Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Osgood, Kelsey. How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia Overlook Press, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Osgood, Kelsey. How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia Overlook Press, 2013.
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