Early Disorders [Mass Market Paperback]

Rebecca Josephs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 1983

Unable to cope with the emotional turmoil of growing up, a 15-year-old gradually developing anorexia nervosa silently begs for but openly rejects help as she slowly starves herself.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Fawcett (September 12, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449700879
• ISBN-13: 978-0449700877
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,841,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding Willa, February 13, 2000

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This review is from: Early Disorders (Mass Market Paperback)

Willa is a a young teenage girl who is afraid to leave the love and security of her home to go live out in the real world. What starts out as a simple diet to lose her baby fat leaves her in a life and death struggle with anorexia. No one is able to help her because she does not want to get better. She really believes she doesn't need food to live and begins to lose her mind. I found this book very helpful as a struggling anorexic. I recommend it to any one who is dealing with this problem.

5.0 out of 5 stars According to my friend, April 1, 2011

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This review is from: Early Disorder (Hardcover)

MY friend (no really...) is very interested in eating disorders in a bizarre and obsessive way. She nows a LOT about them. According to her this boo is really great. Supposedly very accurate especially for the date it was written.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read, April 24, 2010

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This review is from: Early Disorders (Mass Market Paperback)

The synopsis of this book might make it sound like it's centered on anorexia. Don't get me wrong, that disorder is a big part of this book, but there's much more to Willa than her anorexia. This story starts before she develops the eating disorder, and it's a very good book, especially in the light of what time this book was written.

It was the early eighties (but this story is actually set in the seventies - New Years 1975 is mentioned) AIDS hadn't exploded into the news yet. Teen pregnancy was still (for the most part) all hush hush. The Regan years (so far) were good. Eating disorders weren't generally known about. So I cannot help but wonder what made the author write this book. Not that I'm complaining, of course. I discovered this book quite by accident in my high school library, and it was very good. I wasn't disappointed, and actually enjoyed the dated feeling of it (vintage novels are fun to read) If you want a book about anorexia that is different, check this out.