Dorothy R. (obsidianfire) reviewed Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self on + 133 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Moving story about a girl's struggle with eating disorders.
Helpful Score: 3
An eleven year old's diary of how she saw herself as fat and could not stop dieting. A book that looks at anorexia close up and personel. A good read for anyone who wants to understand how someone could starve themselves into nothing but bones and a thin layer of skin. A good read.
Cindy F. (johnnysangel) - reviewed Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self on + 145 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A Young girl's journal showing the pressure society places on young girls to be thin.
Helpful Score: 2
Amazingly written story written by Gottleib when she was only 11 years old (these were entries in her diary) about her fight with anorexia. ONe minute, she is ultra-mature and intelligent and the next she is worried that breathing in food smells will make her fat. A very interesting read!
Helpful Score: 1
Autobiographical account about a intelligent 11 year old girl from a relatively well off California family and her struggle with anorexia in the late 1970's. This was written in a loose diary type style and was well written and while at times tragic, and at times humorous, you really felt for Lori. I thought her mother and father were messed up, especially the vacuous, self centered and thoughtless mother. I wanted to strangle the mother. It's no wonder Lori ended up anorexic. A good, quick read.