Many thanks to NetGalley, Random House, and Susan Burton for the opportunity to read and review her memoir about her eating disorder.
Susan takes us on her journey to wellness, from a fairly-typical childhood, to parents divorcing and moving from Michigan to Colorado, where the need to reinvent herself began in her early teens. She loved the empty feeling that starving herself brought on; later, her switch to binge eating brought out self-loathing and a desire to do better the next day. Through all her internal struggles, Susan achieved much; however, she could never reveal her secrets to anyone and therefore continued to be "less than."
This is such a brave and powerful book. In the days of social media, I can't imagine raising a teenage girl. It's hard enough as an adult to see the images projected that cause us to question our own self-image. And food is the one addiction that you can't get away from. We have to eat to live; therein, lies the problem. There probably isn't a woman alive who can't relate to these struggles of the number on the scale being equal to how we feel about ourselves.
Thank you to Susan for speaking out. Hopefully, someone will be where you were and find your book that will speak to them and their struggles.
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