Ever since my sister’s eating disorder, I’ve felt a sense of urgency to learn everything I can about eating disorders. There was something about being personally connected to eating disorders that resulted in this yearn to educate myself and gain as much understanding as possible.
One way that I attempt to gain more understanding is by reading memoirs centered around eating disorder victims. When I read a memoir, my sole purpose is to UNDERSTAND the underlying causes, reasons, and experiences of the victim. I admit that I may judge a bit harshly, but do try to keep in mind that a memoir is a person’s PERSONAL story.
Onward.
Deb Abramson’s memoir, Shadow Girl: A Memoir of Attachment, although supposedly centered around her bulimia and anorexia, does a poor job of describing her experience.
The memoir acts more like a blog, ranting about Abramson’s life with a side-note of her eating disorder and cutting. There were about 5 out of 200 pages that described anything about her eating disorder, and about 15-20 pages that got at some of the underlying reasons behind her eating disorder. Everything else was seemingly irrelevant.
The memoir did not seem to have a main purpose or idea, it was more like a rant of 200 pages, and nothing that I didn’t already know.
Not an eating disorder memoir I would recommend very highly.
2 out of 5 stars.
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