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An Apple a Day
- A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia
- Narrated by: Emma Woolf
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
I haven't tasted chocolate for over ten years and now I'm walking down the street unwrapping a Kit Kat. Remember when Kate Moss said, 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels'? She's wrong: chocolate does.
At the age of 32, after ten years of hiding from the truth, Emma Woolf finally decided it was time to face the biggest challenge of her life. Addicted to hunger, exercise and control, she was juggling a full-blown eating disorder with a successful career, functioning on an apple a day. Having met the man of her dreams (and wanting a future and a baby together), she embarked on the hardest struggle of all: to beat anorexia. It was time to start eating again, to regain her fertility and her curves, to throw out the size-zero clothes and face her food fears. And, as if that wasn’t enough pressure, Emma took the decision to write about her progress in a weekly column for The Times.
Honest, hard hitting and yet romantic, An Apple a Day is a manifesto for the modern generation to stop starving and start living. This compelling, life-affirming true story is essential reading for anyone affected by eating disorders (whether as a sufferer or carer), anyone interested in health and social issues – and for medical and health professionals.
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'In An Apple a Day Emma comes across as brave, real and determined. I'm sure that in sharing her story many others will be encouraged to speak out from the stigma of this horrible illness and realise that there is a life worth living beyond calorie counts and scales. It is a battle worth fighting.' (Grace Bowman, author of 'Thin' )
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- Mrs Vanessa Jones
- 05-04-17
excellent
fabulous read very thought provoking
I enjoyed the honest words and wish her all the best.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-06-20
A rather disturbing read
I really felt for both Emma and Tom, what an awful way to live. I hope they make it but Emma has a long way to come from the time of writing, I can not help but feel that Emma needs to heal fully mentally as well as physically before she takes on the responsibility of motherhood. As a mother I know you rarely put yourself first and with so many needs herself will a baby make life harder for Emma ? Who knows maybe it will help her on her recovery journey but it’s a risk for her and the unborn child
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- Miss
- 13-04-13
Eye-opening
I suppose I wanted to listen to this audiobook out of a morbid curiosity, having never really known anyone with an eating disorder beyond the teenage dalliances with not eating that, in every case I've known at least, fizzle out. This book confirmed what I knew already, that its not about appearance but about control. A bit repetitive in places, but very interesting and both explains and yet gets across that its never possible for someone without an eating disorder to fully understand the motivation of a sufferer.
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- Jeannie Gadsden
- 01-08-24
Beautiful, moving and heartfelt honesty!
Such a wonderfully narrated true story of her real life battle with Anorexia. Can’t wait to read her other books now. Thank you!
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