Compiled from real life diaries kept by a mother and daughter, this moving book shows how one family faced up to and overcame teenage depression and eating disorders. Full of insight into specific problems, the book also illuminates the general difficulties of mother-daughter communication and the years of teenage crisis. Self-help sections for mothers and teenage girls and a chapter of professional advice complete this helpful book.

 

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Pan Macmillan .

Linda Rio is a marriage and family therapist, and author. Both she and Tara, who is in PR, have shared the story of Tara's struggle and subsequent recovery on TV and in the print media. Craig Johnson Ph. D is director of the Eating Disorders Program at Laureate Psychiatric Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.