I found it comforting in a sense, but more on that later. Hows that for fate? Surprisingly, this was my first time reading a fictionalised novel covering the topic of an ED, written from the POV of the sufferer. I just happened to stumble upon Massive in my local charity shop. I'd never heard of this book which is surprising given the topic and my online circles. That is when she's not telling her daughter that life would've been better without her. Returning to her mother's hometown of Birmingham, Carmen's daily life becomes revolved around restriction, bullying, and listening to her frail mother tell her how much happier they'd both be if they lost a few more pounds. So when Carmen's mother packs both their bags and takes the young girl away from the only father figure she's known, her single friend, and in retrospect, the only people in her life who normalises food, the young girl's life takes a spiralling path downward. Thin is beautiful and anything else isn't. Looks define people, at least that's what her mother leads her to believe. Like most girls her age, teen Carmen's mentality is build around what she looks like and the craving for Big Mac's. We use sugary treats to celebrate or to congratulate someone. Heck, some of our days are revolved around it.
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