1 comments about Natalina.

1. This story was obviously written from the heart. The love that Louis & Natalina shared was beautiful. Everyone should be able to find someone that lights up your life as Natalina did Louis. Intimate and touching, I found myself crying and applauding at the same time. Anyone who has had experience with love or with alzheimers would enjoy this book. Easy reading and enjoyable.

1 comments about Footprints In The Sand.

1. Footprints in the Sand is a remarkable, inspirational book about a woman living with a disability. This is a book for everyone to read! This book will inspire you to read it in one day, and you won't be able to put it down. I learned from this author (Josie) that we must reach for our stars, follow our dreams, and don't take life for granted!
   Keep writing Jo!!

No comments about Perfect: Anorexia and me.

5 comments about A Skeleton in the Closet : Remembering My Spirit.

1. What could have been a compelling story is unfortunately marred by very poor writing and editing. The book provides a glimpse into someone living with food phobias and eventually an eating disorder, with indications of some of the potential causes. As in so many stories about eating disorders, though, there is more emphasis upon the symptoms and development of the disorder than there is upon the recovery process. The author goes off to a well-known research treatment facility, then the book comes to an end with her emergence from there and a fast-forward into months later, when she has apparently recovered fully from the problems which had haunted her. It would have been far more useful to readers to have had some insights shared by the author as to how this came about, how she was able to maintain her weight and move forward into recovery.



2. This is definitely one of the most HONEST, WELL-WRITTEN tales of a woman's battle with a lifelong eating disorder. My daughter is currently battling bulimia. A close friend of mine recommended this book for us to read together. I just couldn't put it down. The author's writing style and candor made it easy for me to understand what a person with an eating disorder goes through. Thunbs up for the author! You WILL help others!



3. A wonderful story about a woman with an eating disorder. It takes the reader back into the woman's childhood, where it all began. This book allows the reader to feel and experience what she went through. I want to thank the author for finally making sense of something that is a mystery to many.



4. The book is terrific! I couldn't put it down! It was as if I experienced what the author went through. I recommend it to others suffering from an eating disorder, as well as for their families.



5. Skeleton in the Closet was a poor rendering of the causes and effects of an eating disorder. Besides the frequent grammatical errors and inconsistent style the book never manages to offer any original insight on eating disorders on either a personal or cultural level. The dialogue is confusing and the descriptions are given in a childlike, colorless manner. The author at one point even referred to an African-American nurse as a "colored lady," an outdated and offensive reference. For a book on this subject that is both explicative and emotional try Wasted by Marya Hornbacher and skip this one.

No comments about In the Shadow of Breast Cancer.

No comments about Totally Out Of Control!: Reclaiming And Championing My Mental Health.

No comments about Shades of Blue.

No comments about On Jane's Time.

No comments about A Tiger by the Tail.

1 comments about Ledge Between the Streams (Isis).

1. I first read one of Ved Mehta's autobiographical stories a long time ago in the New Yorker, and didn't stop until I read them all. Ved Mehta turned blind at a very young age, went to a school for the blind in India, then came to the USA, went to Oxford and later became a staff writer for the New Yorker. His autobiography starts off with the biographies of his mother and father, who had a totally different background. And then he takes off with his own story. And that's an impressive story. He not only gives you a deep look into his own life, he also tells the story of India (the partition of India and Pakistan is the background of this particular book) and gives you a fresh look at American and European culture. These are books that make you laugh, that make you cry, and The Ledge between the Streams sometimes sent shivers down my spines. You'd think this writer would be famous all over the world, and I would have expected him to get the Nobel Prize for literature (I'm serious!), but some of his books are out of print and they have hardly been translated. So grab your chance and buy this book! You'll agree with me and tell other people about it, and give this great writer some credit!