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    Hungry... A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia - Sheila Himmel, Author

    Presented by San Jose Public Library System at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

    October 29, 2009

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    Hungry... A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia - Sheila Himmel, Author
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    Unbeknownst to food critic Sheila Himmel - as she reviewed exotic cuisines from bistro to brasserie -  her daughter Lisa was at home starving herself. Before Sheila fully grasped what was happening, her fourteen-year-old with a thirst for life and a palate for the flavors of Vietnam and Afghanistan was replaced by a weight-obsessed, antisocial, hundred-pound nineteen-year-old. From anorexia to bulimia and back again - many times - the...

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    Unbeknownst to food critic Sheila Himmel - as she reviewed exotic cuisines from bistro to brasserie -  her daughter Lisa was at home starving herself. Before Sheila fully grasped what was happening, her fourteen-year-old with a thirst for life and a palate for the flavors of Vietnam and Afghanistan was replaced by a weight-obsessed, antisocial, hundred-pound nineteen-year-old. From anorexia to bulimia and back again - many times - the Himmels feared for Lisa’s life as her disorder took its toll on her physical and emotional well-being.

    Hungry is the first memoir to connect eating disorders with a food-obsessed culture in a very personal way, following the stumbles, the heartbreaks, and even the funny moments as a mother-daughter relationship - and an entire family - struggles toward healing.

    Sheila Himmel is an award-winning food critic, writer, and editor. Lisa Himmel is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in American Studies.


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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library

    150 E. San Fernando Street
    San Jose, CA 95112

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    Street parking and garage parking are available at the Fourth Street Garage (across from the library on E. San Fernando Street).


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