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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 616.852630092 EAN: 9780689852169 ISBN: 0689852169 Label: Ginee Seo Books Manufacturer: Ginee Seo Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: July 30, 2007 Publisher: Ginee Seo Books Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Ginee Seo Books Sales Rank: 216862
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In Nadia Shivack's heartbreaking true story, she tells the world about her life-long problem with eating disorders. Told with a mixture of text and pictures drawn by Ms. Shivack, her preoccupation with food began when her mother told her that not only did she not dress like a girl, but that she was also getting chunky. Her parents had their own problems - her father was overly critical and her mother, a Holocaust survivor, refused to let her three children leave the table until they had cleaned their plates, even though she herself only ate one small meal a day to survive.
When Nadia began swimming competitively in school, her swim coach would praise the girls who were slender and berate those who, in his opinion, needed to lose ... Read More: