The Black Rose

by Lisa Murphy

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"You may think something's gone just because you can't see it anymore but it's still there, lurking. Waiting. Now here I am, after dinner, dashing to the scales again as the thing inside of me is waking up after a long sleep. It's not weakened by its five-year absence - it's revived, revitalised, stronger than ever." When April's sister commits suicide she copes with it the only way she feels she can: by falling back into an unhealthy relationship with food. The eating disorder takes over her life, consuming her to the point where she can no longer remember who she used to be. In her denial, April can't see that she is doing anything wrong. She feels she is completely in control of things, when really the illness is in control of her...
  • ISBN10 1291295321
  • ISBN13 9781291295320
  • Publish Date 19 January 2013
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 25 February 2015
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Lulu.com
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 126
  • Language English