Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self "I mean, what are girls supposed to wish for, other than being thin?" For a girl growing up in Beverly Hills in 1978, the motto "You can never be too rich or too thin" is writ large."I wish to be the thinnest girl at school, or maybe ev
| TITLE | : | Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.57 (874 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1439148902 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 224 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2009-11-17 |
| GENRE | : |
Based on the author's childhood journals, “a smart, funny, compassionate journal of the author’s bout with anorexia at age eleven" (Entertainment Weekly) ."I wish to be the thinnest girl at school, or maybe even the thinnest eleven-year-old on the entire planet," confides Lori Gottlieb to her diary. "I mean, what are girls supposed to wish for, other than being thin?" For a girl growing up in Beverly Hills in 1978, the motto "You can never be too rich or too thin" is writ large. Precocious Lori learns her lessons well, so when she's told that "real women don't eat dessert" and "no one could ever like a girl who has thunder thighs," she decides to become a paragon of dieting. Soon Lori has become the "stick figure" she's longed to resemble. But then what? Stick Figure takes the reader on a gripping journey, as Lori struggles to reclaim both her body and he
EDITORIAL :
In the image-conscious world of 1970s Beverly Hills, 11-year-old Lori knows she's different. Instead of trading clothes and dreaming of teen idols like most of her pre-adolescent friends, Lori prefers reading books, writing in her journal and making up her own creative homework assignments. Chronically disapproving of her parents' shallow lifestyle, she challenges their authority and chafes under their constant demands to curb her frank opinions and act more "ladylike." Feeling as though she has lost control over her rapidly changing world, Lori focuses all her concentration on one subject: dieting. Her life narrows to a single goal--to be "the thinnest eleven year old on the entire planet." But once she achieves her "stick figure," Lori really sees herself for the first time in a restaurant bathroom mirror and decides then and there to bring herself back from the brink of starvation.
REVIEW :
My mind is just spinning from it. I could go on and on about this book as it has kept me motivated like no other book I ever read.
If I had to say something negitive about the book, it would be that it may be too hard for most people and they may get frustrated by not being able to do all the reps.
If your looking for a killer workout you have come to the right place. If you have any experience with gluten-free baking, you know that simply substituting a different kind of flour is often not enough. This was obviously written for an audience that is already extremely familiar with the story and looking for a single place to find all the facts and very good photos.
The authors obviously did their homework and have a lot of facts and articles at their fingertips (although they did get some nautical facts wrong), the latter of which they quote from liberally. Dr. Makes a
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