going hungry: 20 writers on desire, self-denial, and recovering from anorexia

Ranging in age and backgrounds, a group of twenty authors describes their individual experiences and battles with anorexia from the perspective of recovery, with candid essays by Jennifer Egan, Francine du Plessix Gray, Joyce Maynard, Francesca Lia Block, and others on the ailment, its role in their lives, and the link between anorexia and the search for direction. Original. 25,000 first printing.