Good Enough...When Losing is Winning, and Thin Enough Can Never be Achieved

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Summary: Inspirational!
Review: This book was one of MANY I had read about women in recovery from eating disorders and it was the most inspiring one yet! It gave me hope that I will survive and that recovery is possible. Living with this ugly disease is all-consuming and this book really describes it perfectly. I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone -- eating disorder victim or anyone who cares about someone who is. Cynthia is an inspiration and a wonderful writer...

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Summary: inspiring
Review: This book was so inspiring to me. So often I read books that are merely war stories, people telling you step by step their downfall, therefore describing how to go about having an eating disorder. Those books are very triggering for those of us who have an eating disorder. But this book was about recovery. And to read about someone who overcame a difficult thing was encouraging. It gave me hope that I will one day be able to do the same thing. The task doesn't seem so impossible anymore.

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Summary: Good Enough..is wonderful
Review: This has to be one of the best books written through the eyes of someone struggling with anorexia and bulimia. I felt like I was her at times, I couldnt put the book down. Tears and smiles throughout the whole thing. Thanks to Cynthia Bitter, I now have a better look at my life.

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Summary: GREAT Book...It gave me encouragement to keep fighting!
Review: This is a wonderful book. I have suffered from an eating disorder for the past 11 years and sometimes feel hopeless that this will ever end. I have read many books on the subject and I must say this is one of the best! I could relate to Cindy in her fear, her pain, and her feeling of hopelessness. She is a wonderful writer and takes you through the majority of her eating disordered life. She has many health problems as a result of the abuse to her body. Cindy makes you realize that your body is not invincible and there are consequences for starving and purging over and over. After finishing this book I felt like I had a renewed sense of strength to keep fighting against this disorder. If she could recover after all that she had been through, so could I!!

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Summary: Excellent story that gives one hope and strenght to go on.
Review: This is an excellent book, fit for people with or without eating disorders. Reading about Cynthia's struggles and how she overcame them, can give anyone hope as well as strenght to continue and not give up. For anyone with an eating disorder or if you are related to someone who has one, this book offers hope that will push you to not give up on yourself, or your loved one. I have a sister who has been struggling with bulimia for over 7 years now, I thought it was a long time until I read "good enough" and found cynthia battled eating disorders for 25 years and overcame it to be the woman she is today. That gave me hope, and I realized that my sister could get better, for a while I had given up on her. It helped me understand my sister and the "irrational" behavior she constatly displays. Through this book I began to understand that no one wants that kind of life for themselves but they feel out of control if they abandon what they have come to know so well. Excellent overall, thank-you Cynthia.

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Summary: Inspiring for Recovery
Review: Though I read this book two years ago I will never forget it. Cynthia brings the reader through all her hardships. At times it seems like she will never get better and that the eating disorder will take her life. However, no matter how sick she is, there is always a hint of hope. Slowly, after years of being sick with anorexia and bulimia, you see her begin the slow, painful process of recovery. Her life, little by little, begins to piece itself somewhat into normalcy. Eventually she is fully recovered and happy about it. This book brings what most other books on eating disorders do not; a happy ending. I recommend it highly.

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Summary: Yaaaaaawwwwnnnn.
Review: Yet another book glorifying the silly anorexic...recycling the same tired paradigms of control, perfectionism, and family strife.