The Boy Who Loved Apples
A Mother's Battle with Her Son's Anorexia
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- Paperback
298 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2012
Summary
When it became clear that Amanda Webster’s eleven-year-old son Riche was not just a little too skinny but dangerously ill, people were often surprised. “Do boys get anorexia?” they would ask. “And then, How did he get it?”
That was the question Amanda asked herself, too. She had trained as a doctor; she knew that every disease has a cause. And if her son had an eating disorder, she wondered what the cause could possibly be but something she and her husband Kevin had done—or failed to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921922695 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1921922699 |
| Author: | Amanda Webster |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 298 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 406g |
| Dimensions: | 45mm x 234mm x 154mm |
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Critics Review
‘An exhausting read but an invaluable education about this complex illness.’
‘An exhausting read but an invaluable education about this complex illness.’ * Australian Women’s Weekly Health *
About The Author
Amanda Webster
Amanda Webster grew up in Kalgoorlie, the goldmining town of Western Australia. She graduated from the University of Western Australia as a doctor, following in the footsteps of her father and grandfather. She left medicine to raise a family with her husband, Kevin. Amanda turned to writing after her son Riche’s illness and is currently an MFA candidate in the low residency program at City University of Hong Kong. Her work has appeared in several US literary journals. After eight years in the beautiful Byron Shire, Amanda has returned to Sydney where she lives with her husband and two of her three children.
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