The Luckiest Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron

The Luckiest Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron

Just looking at Katie Roskova, you'd think she had it all: she was pretty, popular, an A-student at an exclusive private school, and on her way to becoming a champion figure skater. But there was another Katie, the one she hid from the world, who was having trouble dealing with the mounting pressures of her young life. And it was this Katie who, with no other means of expression available to her, reacted to her overbearing mother, her absent father, her unforgiving schedule, and her oblivious classmates by turning her self-doubt into self-hatred. And into self-mutilation. In his previous novel, The Best Little Girl in the World, Steven Levenkron brought insight, expertise, and sensitivity to the painful subject of anorexia nervosa. Now he applies these same talents to demystifying a condition that is just as heartbreaking, and becoming more common everyday. Through his depiction of Katie's self-mutilating behavior, she is called "a cutter" by her peers, and her triumphant road to recovery, he offers a compelling profile of a young girl in trouble, and much-needed hope to the growing numbers who suffer from this shocking syndrome.

Steven Levenkron, a full-time psychotherapist in New York City, has been treating anorexics and cutters since 1970. Clinical consultant at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, clinical consultant at The Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia in New York City, and adjunct director of Eating Disorder Service at Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital in Westchester, New York are among the jobs he has held in the New York metropolitan region. He is currently on the advisory board of The National Association of Anorexia and Bulimia (ANAD) in Highland Park, Illinois. His earlier book, The Best Little Girl in the World, was a breakthrough novel about anorexia and bulimia that was adapted into a television movie.

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ISBN 13	9780140266252
ISBN 10	0140266259
Title	The Luckiest Girl in the World
Author	Steven Levenkron
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	1998-03-01
Number of pages	192
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