Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs
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One Woman's Final Year After a Lifelong Struggle with Anorexia and Bulimia
- Publisher
- LifeTree Media
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2015
- Category
- Personal Memoirs, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781928055136
- Publish Date
- Sep 2015
- List Price
- $19.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781928055143
- Publish Date
- Sep 2015
- List Price
- $17.99
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Description
A dying woman reflects upon her decades-long eating disorder and her experience as a palliative patient in this poignant memoir.
In March 2013 Michelle Stewart was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure due to her eating disorder and given only a few months to live. Determined to share her story while she still had the chance, Michelle began writing a revealing blog in which she chronicled her lifelong struggle and her experiences as a palliative patient. “I have had a 32-year dress rehearsal for the fate I now face,” she writes. This memoir is a collection of the most poignant pieces of writing from that blog, supplemented with previously unpublished pieces of original poetry from the author.
About the author
Michelle Stewart was Communications Director at the BC Ministry of Health before leaving to start her own firm in 2012. Before going into communications, Michelle had a ten-year career in journalism. She died from renal failure in 2014.