Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Secret Language of Eating Disorders : The Revolutionary New Approach to by Peggy Claude-Pierre ISBN: 0-375-75018-5 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (49 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally Now I Understand the "Voice"
Comment: I recently read this book and was truly amazed that this woman really did understand the "secret language" that runs around in my head. Now I know that "it" also runs around in the heads of many others. This book proved to me that there is hope for people suffering from eating disorders and believe me "we" do suffer. I first started struggling with my weight as a pre-teen over 40 years ago and until I read this book I thought I was doomed until the day I died that I would never conquer that "voice" in my head. Now I know that I will recover and I thank Peggy Claude-Pierre for "hanging in there" when others didn't. I am saddened that many "professionals" do not understand this lady's approach to such an awful condition. Her method "works", lives are being saved and isn't that what counts in the end.
Rating: 4
Summary: Peggy, Come on?
Comment: Although I think this book is a very good read and very interesting perspective, it is also kind of soft petaling the cause and treatment of severe eating disorders. The author claims arogantly to know the sultion to eating disorders. I am not saying hse hasn't done wonderful work but com one, anyone who stays in a treatment center for over a year surrounded by round the clock care is going to have benifit. What is bothersome about this book is Peggy Claude-Pierre's theories about the causation of EDs. She states them as truth by the way. I think for a family that is looking to absolve everyone of "blame" or responsiblity of an eating disorder this is a perfect book for you. I think those of us however, who know that an ED is a family disease and there are things that must change for both the person with the ED and the family find this book a little lacking in that area. I think it is a very interesting read, however as a family memeber, sufferer or clinician I would be skeptical. However if you are a parent who feels guilty nothing says "NO RESPONSIBILITY" like this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Lacking some important aspects, but overall good book
Comment: First and foremost, I want to say that Peggy proves with her book, "The Secret Language of Eating Disorders...," that she has a deep and unprecedented understanding of the makings of anorexia---for someone who has only witnessed the disease. I only wish that my parent would show the same kind of empathy and determination towards my current plight. Of course, Peggy did have the qualifications and obviously the time to delve into our horrible world enough to contrive and write such accurate interpretations/solutions to the disease...I don't think my parent could do such things even if the drive was there.
When I first starting reading the book, I was pretty amazed at her observations of the anorexia mindset and her theories of how it is a "symptom" of a much more powerful disorder called CNC, rather than a primal cause of itself and/or many other self-deprecating disorders. They had me enthralled, to say the least. But...as I read on I couldn't help but notice that despite being in the title, bulimia somehow seemed barely addressed (except by a few textbook or case study descriptions). Having suffered both (as MANY people often do), I couldn't help but feel a void where bulimia was concerned. It still seems that no one can offer up an entire book of interesting AND valid solutions for the elusive one---bulimia. Personally, I think the perils of bulimia are just as (if not more) horrific than those of anorexia. But yet...Peggy doesn't seem to have an answer. I have to ask when reading this, what if conquering eating is no longer a triumph, but a new and devastating penance to bear? What happens when your body is no longer feeding on itself physically, but the disease is all the more voracious with your mind? Where is the cure for the addiction?
Maybe it's just me, but I feel that bulimia continues to be overshadowed by or maybe not seen as dire as anorexia. It is the more shameful of the two, yes, and it is often passed off as a phase during college that has no emotional attachment whatsoever. There are always exceptions to the rule, but when you are trapped in the hopelessness of something that seems impossible to beat, it is hurtful to hear people around you toss the word 'bulimia' around to every girl who goes to the bathroom.
In her book, Peggy describes anorexia as a very slow attempted suicide, a descent toward nothingness---I agree. Anorexia is not a diet, it is not a shallow attempt to be "model thin", and it is definitely not just about food. Many anorexics, including myself, do not wish to see any number except 0 on our bodies and souls. Peggy does a good job in clearing up such perceived notions. But again, she doesn't realize that bulimia is not necessarily the same slow suicide. It is suicide of the mind far before anything else. Bulimia makes you want to finish the job...and quickly. The fear that it is all your life will ever be is torturous. See, this is what she leaves out.
Also, I found her to come off very pompous and a bit condescending at times, despite her claims to not be that way. It just seems that she envisions herself to be the Godsend, the Cure-all, the Miracle Worker...and I just don't buy it. It is forgivable, though, because I have read many books on the subject, and they all seem to be that way. I guess it's unavoidable in such a situation. Or, maybe I'm just still disappointed and bitter that I cannot find anyone who is adamant like she seems to be about the situation. I guess confidence like she has can be misconstrued with self-righteousness when you think the way I have to.
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
