This book is a story about Anna, a French girl who suffers from anorexia, and her journey to recovery after being admitted to an inpatient clinic at 17th Swann Street. She is immediately distressed from being separated from her love Matthias but eventually adapts, developing friendships with the other residents, while struggling through the medical care and meals she is required to eat. The story does reflect back on Anna’s life before having an eating disorder. It is told as if she is grieving for that previous life, to be that girl again, and as a reader you are sucked in emotionally.
Clearly the author researched the disease well, and what the treatment for anorexia entails. I had no real prior knowledge of how anorexic patients behave or the effects on the brain and organs. I found the topic of anorexia to be very interesting and not a common theme among fiction books.
I did get very emotional reading the book towards the end. The author takes you deep inside Anna’s mind and her battles through every meal and the struggles of overcoming the disease for a life she wants so desperately to return to. Her love for Matthias felt very honest and real. I was anxious to find out where Anna’s journey would take her.
It was a beautiful book overall.
Clearly the author researched the disease well, and what the treatment for anorexia entails. I had no real prior knowledge of how anorexic patients behave or the effects on the brain and organs. I found the topic of anorexia to be very interesting and not a common theme among fiction books.
I did get very emotional reading the book towards the end. The author takes you deep inside Anna’s mind and her battles through every meal and the struggles of overcoming the disease for a life she wants so desperately to return to. Her love for Matthias felt very honest and real. I was anxious to find out where Anna’s journey would take her.
It was a beautiful book overall.