A review by michelefortie
Thin by David B. Herzog, Michael Strober, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Lauren Greenfield

4.0

Really powerful and devastating book that explores Eating Disorders and the girls suffering from them. It follows four main girls, but also tells the stories of many, many other women being treated at Renfrew, an inpatient treatment centre for people with eating disorders. It's a tough book that doesn't gloss over any of the horrors of suffering from an eating disorder, but it has heart and really explains the mindset of someone suffering from an ED. The photographs were amazing and the personal stories powerful. I think the thing I found most upsetting was that so many of the women were forced to leave treatment before they were ready because insurance wouldn't cover their expenses, and the cost for treatment was around $1,200 a day (according the book). It breaks my heart, knowing that these women want and need the help but cannot get it because they can't afford it. It's tragic.