Starving: A Personal Journey Through Anorexia [Paperback]

Christie Pettit (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003

She was starving-but didn't know it. Discover how one young woman overcame her battle with anorexia in this compelling, true story offering encouragement, hope, and healing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800758412
• ISBN-13: 978-0800758417
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,347,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Title is Misleading!, December 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Starving: A Personal Journey Through Anorexia (Paperback)

It was all I could do to make it through this book! I was under the mistaken impression that it would get to the heart of the author's eating disorder. There were too many religious quotes in the book. I am a practicing Catholic, but this was a little like reading a Sunday sermon! I wanted to know what she thought, how she felt, what caused her to do this, etc. Instead, it was full of references about "how your body is a temple." I would never recommend this book to anyone who may be really interested in reading about eating disorders.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Thought..., September 21, 2003

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W. L. Bradley "To give anything less than you... (Omaha, NE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Starving: A Personal Journey Through Anorexia (Paperback)

This book is not for those turned off by having religion thrown in your face.
I bought this book in the hopes that there was someone else out there I could relate to in my eating disorder struggle. Instead, I found a book where being anorexic is constantly labeled a "sin", and I was reminded over and over again how "bad" I am for being anorexic, and how much I disappoint 'God' by being this way.
Nearly every entry in this book (written in diary format) makes a reference to God, religion or Bible verses. I'm not against religion by all means, but I was not expecting this.

A better choice of reading would be Slim to None: A Journey through the Wastelands of Anorexia Treatment by Jennifer Hendricks.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow..., June 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Starving: A Personal Journey Through Anorexia (Paperback)

I can't say enough good things about this book. This is a must read for anyone who has (or might have) an eating disorder or even anyone who thinks they might know someone who has one. It is especially helpful for Christians who struggle to understand how other Christians, or even they themselves, can let negative thoughts and the "need" to be thin control their lives and actions, even when they know that God looks for the inward beauty of a person. I was amazed at how easily I related to Christe Pettit and her struggle to understand God's role in her disorder. I cannot tell you how many times I was thinking something and then turned the page to see my exact thoughts written on the page, staring back at me. It opened my eyes in so many ways...