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Hunger Strike : The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age, Hardback Book

Hunger Strike : The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age Hardback

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In this classic text, originally published in 1986, Susie Orbach brilliantly examines the anorectic's struggle.

Anorexia is a battle; a battle to be thin; a battle of wills, denial versus desire.

It is also about control; by conquering feelings of hunger, the anorectic woman aspires to conquer her emotional feelings as well.

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