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The Year I Didn't Eat
- Author
- Samuel Pollen
- Narrator
- Ashley Margolis
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Publish Date
- 3 August 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In this unforgettable and uplifting story, 14-year-old Max is consumed by Ana - also known as anorexia, his eating disorder.
And as Max writes to Ana every day, Ana feeds on his fears, encouraging him to lose more and more weight.
But when Max’s brother gifts him a geocache for Christmas, Max soon discovers a new world and way of conversation. Can he break free from his one and only ‘friend’?
Weaving a heartfelt, harrowing, and personal tale based on Sam Pollen's own struggles with anorexia, "The Year I Didn’t Eat" is the ideal read for fans of Meg Haston's "Paperweight" and Netflix's "To the Bone".
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Details
- Author
- Samuel Pollen
- Narrator
- Ashley Margolis
- Duration
- 6 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9788727036496
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Genre
- Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children's / Teenage personal & social topics: eating disorders, Children's / Teenage personal & social topics: first experiences & growing up
Synopsis
What if the one person you could talk to was also the one person that you were battling against?In this unforgettable and uplifting story, 14-year-old Max is consumed by Ana - also known as anorexia, his eating disorder. And as Max writes to Ana every day, Ana feeds on his fears, encouraging him to lose more and more weight. But when Max’s brother gifts him a geocache for Christmas, Max soon discovers a new world and way of conversation. Can he break free from his one and only ‘friend’?Weaving a heartfelt, harrowing, and personal tale based on Sam Pollen's own struggles with anorexia, "The Year I Didn’t Eat" is the ideal read for fans of Meg Haston's "Paperweight" and Netflix's "To the Bone".-
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