Purge
Subtitle: rehab diaries
By: Nicole Johns.
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781580052740
Subjects: Johns, Nicole -- Health; Eating disorders -- Patients -- United States -- Biography; Eating disorders -- Patients -- Services for -- United States
Genres: Biography
Description: Purge is a beautifully crafted memoir that has a Girl, Interrupted feel. In this raw and engaging account of her months in rehab, Nicole Johns documents her stay in a residential treatment facility for eating disorders. Her prose is lucid and vivid, as she seamlessly switches verb tenses and moves through time. She unearths several important themes: body image and sexuality, sexual assault and relationships, and the struggle to piece together one's path in life. While other books about eating disorders and treatment may sugarcoat the harsh realities of living with and recovering from an eating.