Bibliograph

Elena vanishing, a memoir, Elena and Clare B. Dunkle

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Elena vanishing, a memoir, Elena and Clare B. Dunkle

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Elena vanishing

Responsibility statement

Elena and Clare B. Dunkle

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

Seventeen-year-old Elena has a voice in her head that tells her what she needs to do in order to be perfect: Put on her makeup. Be charming and poised. Make top grades. Work two or even three jobs. And never, never eat. As Elena's body starts to break down and she goes from one hospital to another, she comes to understand that her inner voice is her greatest demon. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety is artillery against herself, a girl battling on both sides of a lose-lose war, a girl struggling with anorexia nervosa.

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