Biting the Hand that Starves You

I just wanted to let people know of a wonderful book I've just finished reading. It's entitled 'Biting the Hand that Starves You: Inspiring Resistance to Anorexia/Bulimia' by Richard Maisel, David Epston and Ali Borden.

I hope to get a full review of the book up on the site when I have a chance to write one, but in the meantime, I wanted to wholeheartedly recommend this book for professionals, sufferers and carers alike. The authors come from a narrative therapy perspective and much of the book consists of conversations, letters and other material between people with AN/BN and their therapists. The book aims to inspire resistance to anorexia and bulimia by treating it as an embodied 'thing' rather than an illness which the person is suffering from. In this way, they aim to separate the person from the condition so that they can join with carers and therapists to fight AN/BN rather than seeing other people's attempts to help them as attacks upon them, the person with anorexia.

If you're interested in reading more or getting hold of the book, it's available on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. I'd also recommend you check out the website associated with the book, www.narrativeapproaches.com which contains many writings by members of an 'anti anorexic/bulimic league' a group of individuals united in their desire to fight anorexia and bulimia.