Overview
A young girl’s fatal, decade-long struggle with anorexia and bulimia is chronicled from her mother’s perspective in this heartbreaking memoir. Barbara Hale-Seubert tried to cope with grief, fear, and powerlessness as her daughter suffered through these diseases, and she kept a journal of their experiences as a form of therapy. These entries are the basis for a raw and revealing narrative, meant to offer other parents the comfort that comes with knowing they are not alone, the strength to help their children through the agony of eating disorders, and the grace to learn to surrender what is out of their control.
Full Product Details
Author: Barbara Hale-Seubert
Publisher: ECW Press,Canada
Imprint: ECW Press,Canada
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9781550229950
ISBN 10: 1550229958
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 May 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Barbara Hale-Seubert's raw honesty opens the door for others to walk through. She gives us a space to feel -- free of judgment -- and a place to honor our pain. In doing so she gives us hope. By sharing her and Erin's journey, she joins us in ours. --Mary Ellen Clausen, executive director, Ophelia's Place Barbara Hale-Seubert has captured something I've never seen someone do in writing: the rawness and genuine authenticity of a mother's pain. In the course of her book, she unlocked that pain and gave mothers permission to acknowledge their own needs and reactions. --Carolyn Hodges, CEO, Nutrition Clinic and Sol Stone Center for Eating Disorders A well-written and searingly honest account of a mother's journey through loss and grief. --Frederic Luskin, PhD, author, Forgive for Good and Forgive for Love A compelling, heart-wrenching journey into her family's fatal ten-year odyssey. Miraculously, Barbara is able to tell her devastating story in a way that provides hope and guidance to others. --Doris Smeltzer, author, Andrea's Voice: Silenced by Bulimia Riptide will benefit anyone who is dealing with a mentally ill or addicted family member. [Hale-Seubert] writes with genuine authenticity, warmth, compassion, and forgiveness -- certainly for her daughter, and finally, for herself. --David Mandelbaum, PhD, family therapist Readers may find Hale-Seubert's book painful to read, but they will have a hard time turning away from the author's stark, candid, courageous voice. -- Kirkus Reviews (April 15, 2011) Hale-Seubert tells the story of a mother's worst nightmare--a daughter's struggle against and ultimate defeat by anorexia and bulimia. . . . Readers may find Hale-Seubert's book painful to read, but they will have a hard time turning away from the author's stark, candid, courageous voice. -- Kirkus Reviews (April 15, 2011)
<p> Readers may find Hale-Seubert's book painful to read, but they will have a hard time turning away from the author's stark, candid, courageous voice. -- Kirkus Reviews (April 15, 2011)
<p> Barbara Hale-Seubert's raw honesty opens the door for others to walk through. She gives us a space to feel -- free of judgment -- and a place to honor our pain. In doing so she gives us hope. By sharing her and Erin's journey, she joins us in ours. --Mary Ellen Clausen, executive director, Ophelia's Place
Author Information
Barbara Hale-Seubert is a psychotherapist. She lives in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
