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Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia

A journalist looks back on the years anorexia stole, the hospitals that held her, and the people and science that helped her find a way back to life.

Hadley Freeman

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Description

Good Girls is Hadley Freeman’s unflinching account of becoming dangerously ill with anorexia as a teenager, spending years in psychiatric hospitals, and the long, complicated road to a functional, joyful adulthood. Blending personal memoir with reporting, Freeman threads together ward memories, conversations with former fellow patients, interviews with leading clinicians and researchers, and clear-eyed reflections on the culture that teaches girls to be small. The result is a humane, often funny, and always honest portrait of a stubborn illness—and the resilient, complex people who live through it.

Who Should Listen

  • Parents and partners supporting someone with an eating disorder
  • Clinicians and educators seeking a lived-experience lens alongside research
  • Anyone who grew up as a perfectionist good girl and wants a bigger life

About the Authors

Hadley Freeman is a staff writer at the Sunday Times and previously spent more than two decades at the Guardian. Her work has appeared internationally. Her books include House of Glass, Be Awesome, and Life Moves Pretty Fast. She lives in London.