Summary

Damian tells his story of growing up the only child of a single mother who suffered from a severe eating disorder, in Angela's Anorexia. The e-book is published by the Sydney School of Arts & Humanities.Angela's story offers a rare insight into a mother's struggle with anorexia: unusual because most coverage of the disease focuses on teenage girls, and because few anorexics are able to become pregnant.Damian's traumatic childhood, dominated by his mother's illness, came to a close when his mother died of the disease. She was 42 years old and Damian was just 18. For all this, Damian's love for his mother shines through the story.