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Inside Anorexia.Christine Halse, Anne Hone and Desiree Boughtwood
Every family struggling to deal with a daughter’s anorexia asks itself at some point, "How do other families cope with this?" and "Is our family’s experience different from or the same as that of other similarly affected families?" "Inside Anorexia" is a calm and measured attempt to respond to these questions. The book focuses on 8 teenage girls and their families, telling their stories through the words of the family members themselves, with all their several conflicting viewpoints and emotions. These real-life accounts illustrate just how diverse and yet stereotyped both the anorectic experience and anorexia’s effect upon the teenage female sufferer and her family can be. So many similarities – and yet so many differences.

How do we make sense of all this and tease out the essentials from the biographical incidentals? Are there common threads that we can identify that might give us some clue to the still unknown whys and wherefores of this devastating disorder? And, most importantly, how have other families coped – and what worked? In the end "Inside Anorexia" offers no glib and easy answers. But it does offer many reassuring and valuable insights into how families find their way through the darkness and out into various kinds of light.

If your teenage daughter is anorexic this book offers an "eyes wide open" look at the experiences and challenges this can entail. It may be worth noting that all the families featured here are of the type that might be called – and might well call themselves – "nice," happy" and "loving." These 8 varied accounts may not leave us any the wiser as to why anorexia happens to any particular family, but as an aid to understanding some of the issues involved "Inside Anorexia" offers more than just unlived clinical abstractions .

The Secret Language Of Eating Disorders : PEGGY CLAUDE-PIERRE
Both the author’s daughters developed anorexia. This book tells the story of Peggy’s battle to get them well again and the development of a revolutionary treatment approach. Whether you agree with her ideas or not, this is a stimulating and thought provoking book.

Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating :
GENEEN ROTH
A brilliant book for ANYONE with an eating disorder. This is a writer who has been there, done that-and knows just what works and what doesn’t. More importantly, she knows how your mind works too: as you open your mouth to say ‘ but... ‘ she’s three steps ahead of you.

Eating Disorders-A Parents’ Guide :
RACHEL BRYANT-WAUGH & BRYAN LASK
From the Great Ormond Street Hospital Eating Disorders Clinic. This informative book covers the whole spectrum of both childhood and adolescent eating disorders, including selective, restrictive eating food phobias and food avoidance emotional disorders. An excellent choice for parents in need of both advice and support.