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Thin (the book)

posted 16 years ago by hodie
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I finished the companion book to "Thin" yesterday. If you haven't read it, and it doesn't feel too unsafe for you to read, it's very good. One of the people telling her stories was a fairly obese middle-aged woman who was at Renfrew for her compulsive overeating. She said that she had not expected the anorexic patients to be nice to her. But as it turned out, she said that the only bodies they were concerned about were their own. They hated their own bodies so much they had no room to focus on anyone else's.

Anyway, it was interesting to read the book and learn more about the four women who were focused on, as well as some stories that weren't told in the documentary.

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[–] Italia_biscuit 15 years ago

Who wrote the book? I would be interested to read it

[–] hodie 15 years ago

It was written by the same woman who made the documentary and is kind of a companion piece to the series. It's called "Thin", just like the documentary, and you can probably find it on Amazon.com.

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[–] Awesomesauce77 13 years ago

I love the book. I read it before seeing the documentary. I appreciate that it has many different stories of various patients instead of just the four girls-- so you get more perspectives. You get more insight into their illnesses and backgrounds also. I liked the doc, but it left me wishing they had included more footage of other patients too.

[–] wowlovely 13 years ago

I loved the book so much. It had really beautiful photography and interesting stories. I donated it to a ED resource centre in my city.
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