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The impact of anorexia nervosa on families can be devastating. Daniel Becker combines the innocent recollections of his childhood with the insightful observations of a mature adult in this story of his mother's 30-year obsession with food and her eventual death from anorexia nervosa. He provides an intimate portrayal of how he, his father, and his two brothers each struggled to balance their loyalty to Mom against the increasing awareness that only by separating from her could they ensure their own survival.
Beginning with his earliest memory of her packing a suitcase to leave for the first of many hospitalizations, Daniel must reconcile his love for her with her repeated absences and bizarre behaviors. Part cautionary tale and part exploration of how a person with an eating disorder affects their family members, this biography is valuable reading for individual sufferers, their families, and those who treat them.
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Arch Hidy
reviewed This Mean Disease: Growing up in the Shadow of My Mother's Anorexia Nervosa on December 19, 2016
This Mean Disease: Growing up in the Shadow of My Mother's Anorexia Nervosa
Gosh, it's difficult to rate a book of this nature. The subject matter will rip your heart out, especially if someone you care about has lived the sort of life this author has. The writing is easy to read, almost like Daniel Becker is sitting there, telling you in regular conversation, how it was to grow up with his mother's illness and wrestle through its aftermath as an adult. It made me want to hug him (and my own friend), because this book is so aptly named: anorexia nervosa is a terribly mean disease. I'm glad to have read it, if only to gain some semblance of understanding how it feels to watch helplessly as someone important to you fights a losing battle with themselves...and yet somehow has no true desire to be rid of the battle. Thought provoking, powerful, and deeply intimate would be the three ways I'd describe this memoir.
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