Biting Anorexia
Sydney: Finch Publishing, 2008 and Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2009.
"A graphic yet poetic insight into the pain and suffering experienced by sufferers of eating disorders [that] will no doubt provide a positive incentive to others - both to those already in treatment and to those who are struggling to take that first step."
— Claire Vickery OAM, Founder of The Butterfly Foundation
"An intense and compelling insight into the mind of an anorexic."
— Rachael Oakes-Ash, author of Good Girls Do Swallow and Anything She Can Do I Can Do Better
““[Lucy’s] depiction of her mental state in anorexia is quite extraordinary... This book really is the most lucid document and one I have started to recommend to colleagues and to patients.””
When I was 17 and taking my first steps into recovery, I started to write a book based on a diary I had kept for several years. In 2008, Biting Anorexia was published by Finch Publishing in Australia and New Zealand and in the United States by New Harbinger, the following year.
I wrote it to map the terrain on the other side of acute mental illness. It is my story of rebuilding and recovery.
The first edition is out of print. I am working on a revised second edition.
