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Letting Ana Go

Anonymous

4.15 · Rating details · 7,630 ratings · 796 reviews

In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, a harrowing account of anorexia and addiction.

She was a good girl from a good family, with everything she could want or need. But below the surface, she felt like she could never be good enough. Like she could never live up to the expectations that surrounded her. Like she couldn’t do anything to make a change.

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Published June 4th 2013 by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers (first published May 7th 2013)

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Mar 26, 2017 Petra X is fed up with Island life rated it liked it

Shelves: reviewed, psycho-neurology-crime, medicine-science, fiction, 2017-100-reviews, 2017-read

Anorexia is the medium that carries the message in this book. It's not what kills the teenage diary writer, although she does die from it.

This book is built from cliches. One builds on another. Perhaps cliches are new and fresh to teenagers but those with years of reading behind them can see the next one coming.

The teenage diary writer, 'Ana' is from a newly-broken home. Her mother is fat, her father's new girlfriend is thin with big boobs He gives her a car instead of love. Her best friend i Anorexia is the medium that carries the message in this book. It's not what kills the teenage diary writer, although she does die from it.

This book is built from cliches. One builds on another. Perhaps cliches are new and fresh to teenagers but those with years of reading behind them can see the next one coming.

The teenage diary writer, 'Ana' is from a newly-broken home. Her mother is fat, her father's new girlfriend is thin with big boobs He gives her a car instead of love. Her best friend is, at her mother's encouragement, losing weight to get the lead part in a ballet. So they diet together. Best friend's brother whom she's known forever becomes a boyfriend, must be because of the way she looks, right? Then there is the sports coach who pays lip service to protecting the girls from anorexia. An only-second-best friend who is of course jealous, A size 2 dress that has to be got into, ana-mia sites online with seductive girls showing their ribs and boy-hips etc. It's a life where the only control Ana feels she has is over her own body and the better it looks (to her) the more the world will love her.

The author is such a fake. She pretends that she is protecting her more vulnerable readers by never setting less than healthy limits. She starts 'Ana' and Jill off on 1,750 calories a day and has them reduce it to 1,250, it never goes beneath 1,000. The anorexics I knew were restricting themselves to 400 and 600 calories. The amount of food described in the diary does not add up to anything like 1,000 calories a day. Then there is the obsessive exercise and laxatives. The name of the tea in the book, Ballerina, is also a genuine slimmer's tea that is based on senna pods, a laxative. My grandma had two glasses by her bed at night, one for her teeth and one full of senna pods and water to keep her regular!

Eventually 'Ana' overdoes it and collapses. Hospital etc follows but she cannot be kept in for long because the insurance won't cover it. She comes out and is determined to be healthy, but soon the lure of anorexia, of control, gets her again. More doctors. But they cannot help, nor can she be an inpatient because she doesn't have the insurance cover, even though her mother is a nurse in the same hospital. It's the same with therapists, there is no money to pay them, no insurance that will cover them, just group therapy which isn't intensive enough.

Meanwhile her wealthy ballerina friend Jill has also collapsed from her extreme dieting. She is whisked off to an expensive clinic that specialises in teenage anorexics.

I could go on, but you get the picture. At the end 'Ana' dies and Jill lives. They both suffered from anorexia but 'Ana' couldn't afford or get insurance to cover the treatment. Jill's wealthy family had the means to get the care that would heal their daughter.

What killed 'Ana' was that medicine in the US is primarily a high-profit business, care and healing have to be purchased. If you can't pay, only the minimum is provided. Insurance companies are like a legalised mafia. Pay them 'protection' money and they will help you out when you need it. To a point. Further than that point they'll cut you off or... kill you. 'Ana' was too needy she had to die.
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I've seen this book ascribed to the infamous Beatrice Sparks of Go Ask Alice fame. She didn't write it. Sparks would have been in her 90s when it was written - how much youth culture would she have been familiar with then - and dead a few years before it was published. She was also an ultra-conservative who saw everything in black and white. One step on the wrong path and it doesn't matter what you do, you are doomed. This book wasn't like that. Also although it wasn't well written it wasn't hilariously bad as Beatrice Sparks' books are.

3.5 stars rounded down because the efforts at including steamy romance were puerile.

Rewritten July 2018 on a quick reread. ...more

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Dec 15, 2013 Kearstin Norman rated it it was amazing

To be honest with you id be careful allowing teen girls to read this one. Reading through this book about how she cut to 1000 calories a day and loosing weight in astounding progress is intriguing. Being a teen girl my self, like everyone else i have insecurities of my own body so reading this book made me think i could do that then stop before it goes to far (even though like in the book it could never go to far). This book could be an influence on other girls to try it. Even knowing the outcom ...more

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Jul 27, 2014 Emma Hesch rated it did not like it

As a 16 year old girl recovering from anorexia, I must say that 'Letting Ana Go' is absolute garbage. I read this book before I was clinically diagnosed with an eating disorder, and it is nothing more than targeting teenager's biggest insecurities. The plot was kind of trashy, and on top of that a potential trigger to develop a very real, life-threatening disorder! Whenever I felt like eating a cookie or bingeing on some chips, I would think about the main character in the book and do a quick ab ...more

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Jul 07, 2013 Delia rated it really liked it

I have a love-hate relationship with this book.
The book is very well written and obviously composed by someone with first hand views of an eating disorder's effect. Though at times, the symptoms of the main character are like many other novels surrounding anorexia - textbook examples. This is where the book is slightly unrealistic. Not every patient displays every symptom known to EDs.
However, it remains that this book, especially when focusing on the family's reaction, is disturbingly accurate ...more

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Jun 09, 2013 Amanda Johnson rated it it was amazing

Letting Ana Go is a book in the form of a diary that follows an unnamed teenage girl as she goes from a healthy athlete to someone in a desperate battle with anorexia. It is almost entirely in first-person, written as entries of the protagonist's diary that she received at the beginning of the book.

This was a refreshing format as most books I read and write follow the same formatting, and I was surprised at how well it worked. Letting Ana Go is brutally honest, allowing the reader an inside look ...more

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Dec 19, 2013 Alexandra Bayer rated it really liked it

She loved to run and was on her school's track team. She had a family and plenty of friends, and an eye on a nice boy. Everything was going well for her, until the day she had to start counting calories. Her coach wanted everyone to make sure they were getting the proper amount of calories, so she and her best friend, Jill, started watching together. Only problem was that Jill was a ballerina and wanted to slim down to get the part of Clara in The Nutcracker. Jill asked for support at the same She loved to run and was on her school's track team. She had a family and plenty of friends, and an eye on a nice boy. Everything was going well for her, until the day she had to start counting calories. Her coach wanted everyone to make sure they were getting the proper amount of calories, so she and her best friend, Jill, started watching together. Only problem was that Jill was a ballerina and wanted to slim down to get the part of Clara in The Nutcracker. Jill asked for support at the same time as the main character's father left her overweight mother. Soon both girls were cutting back on calories and exercising like crazy. Nothing happened at first. They got compliments, she got a boyfriend, and she loved the way she looked, perhaps a bit too much. Soon things stated to spiral out of control, and as things worsened, the questions arises: what would you be willing to sacrifice in order to be beautiful?

This was the first fictional book I've ever read about anorexia. I was able to access it through PulseIt's 31 Days of Reading, and I am so glad I did. It was an extremely compelling book, and I finished it probably within 24 hours. It was written in the style of a diary, and the thoughts and stories recorded were very accurate with what an anorectic would put down. This story very clearly underlined the seriousness of this disease. It irritates me to no end when I hear people say that anorexia is a choice; anorexia is never a choice. Healthy people don't choose to starve themselves to look 'beautiful'. Anorexia is a lifelong struggle, and many people never get through it. I'm so happy this book was able to depict that fact.

This book was written in the format of a journal, so it was in first person. That could be part of the reason as to why I really enjoyed it: I love first person stories with characters that are easy to relate to. At the beginning of each entry, it gave the date and the main character's weight. Readers then have a visual every few pages (since the entries were usually quite short) to see her weight dropping. This was very helpful, because then it was much easier to keep track of how much weight was being lost. The look of the dialogue was very different than it looks in most other books. Instead of being in quotation marks, the person who was talking had their name written down, then a colon and their lines. It looked much like a script. The originality of the formatting was an interesting and enjoyable touch added to an already great read.

This book doesn't have a happy ending. I won't say exactly what happens, but if you don't like sad endings, don't read this book. Personally, I liked the fact that this book ended in a dramatic way. It drove the point home that anorexia is not a joke. This was the first book I've read in a long time that wasn't fantasy, because usually my favourite books are all fantasy. However, I could read it for free and had the time, so I started it out of sheer boredom. And then I couldn't put it down. I came home and read for several hours until I had finished it. The main character of this book can be compared to a train wreck: at first you don't see it coming; then you do, but there's no way to help. The main character was very personable and happy near the beginning of the book, a strong female lead. This story defined the gradual descent into the mindset of an eating disorder. If you have an eating disorder, read this novel. You will be able to compare your thoughts to this main character's, and see how she ended up. It may help you.

I thought this book was amazing. It's a much-needed dose of reality in a world of super-thin models and actresses, where images of unrealistic body types are splashed all over different types of media. I would rate this book a high four stars. It was a nice change from the rest of the books out there, and will stay in my mind for some time to come. If you enjoy reading about real-life problems, romance, and teenage issues, you should definitely read this story. ...more

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Jul 15, 2014 Jody rated it it was ok

Full disclosure: I only read this because I recently re-read Go Ask Alice and wanted to see if this could be as bad. Spoiler: Close, but not quite.

Aside from the middle-aged-woman-trying-to-sound-like-a-teen problem, there was the hey-I-read-a-magazine-article-on-anorexia-so-I'm-qualified-to-write-a-book-about-it issue. Bad. Just bad.

Also, it included enough detail to be triggering without having enough depth to be helpful.

Other minor notes: this is a lot more modern of a story than Go Ask Alice ...more

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Nov 18, 2013 Alana rated it really liked it

So, I picked up this book without reading the synopsis, or the back cover!
Probably one of the more depressing books I've read this year. It was so sad. I couldn't put it down because I kept anticipating the end, but I DIDN'T KNOW IT ENDED LIKE THAT!

The fact that this book was written by 'Anonymous' and the main character remained anonymous just really hit it home that this is an issue many people go through. This book seemed so realistic, which just made it worse. I've read one other book that ...more

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Jun 30, 2013 Michelle Devine-Traxler rated it it was ok

Not certain what I want to say about this. I read this using my "Coach" head, and to understand the problems of eating disorders.
This is really intended for a teenager - so maybe that's the issue i have with the book.
I coud not relate to that aspect of the teenage mind. I will, however, pass this book to my daughter and she will love it, I am sure.
Tragic story - but the ending was a little too quick for my head to wrap around it. Seemed a little unbelievable. ...more

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May 23, 2015 Michelle Wrona rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2015, made-me-fangirl, contemporary, expected-worse, i-feel-it-in-the-heart, tough-subjects, from-library, awesome-ending, favorites, sad-depressing-read

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*4.5 star rating*

You know, I've always seen these books around at the bookstore. Go Ask Alice has been on my TBR for ages. Ages, literally. Letting Ana Go was actually one that I never even heard about until my local library's catalogue received it. Anorexia is a sensitive subject that not many modern YA novels touch upon on excluding Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls, a favourite of mine. This anonymous author ha ...more

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Jan 27, 2014 Stephanie Smith rated it it was amazing

Omg this story was just as amazing as go ask Alice. I read this in a span of five hours and was rooting for the main character the whole time. It's a very disturbing realistic view into anorexia and how it is a disease that affects girls every day. It made me feel good to be healthy. When I eat a cookie or a piece of cake I will not feel guilty about it. ...more

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May 16, 2013 DEVYN WIGGINTON rated it it was amazing

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Aug 03, 2014 Amy M rated it liked it

I loved "Go Ask Alice" when I was a teenager, so I was excited to see this YA book at Target. However, I was pretty disappointed. I felt that Ana, while a pretty realistic character, did not accurately portray anorexia. First of all, she only lost 20 or so pounds, down from 130, so the numbers were not shocking. The whole story took place over less than a year, and generally young bodies can endure much longer. I wish the author had given Ana more symptoms, and described them in more detail (for ...more

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Apr 10, 2013 Sarah Marie rated it it was ok

Shelves: romance, standalones, mental-illness, contemporary, young-adult, some-people-die, ebook, enough-drama-to-make-a-soap-opera, my-eyes-bled

Letting Ana Go by Anonymous

1.5 stars

Ana is a good girl and she feels as though she’s not good enough for the perfect façade her family presents to the public. The one thing Ana knows she can control is her eating. Ana is spiraling, but she’s not eating it’s the best she’s felt in a long time. I remember loving Go Ask Alice in middle school; it’s one of the books that I consider to be a part of my childhood favorites. When I saw the this was free on Simon Pulse It I jumped to read it (that’s how long ago it’s been- there isn’t even a Simon Pulse It, now it’s called Riveted) and I instantly disliked Ana. Ana is my biggest problem with this novel and that isn’t a good thing when the novel is a diary. At first, Ana is a normal girl with good, healthy eating habits- until Ana’s best friend and her “perfect” mom make a comment about Ana losing a little more weight. She starves herself because her friend said it would be FUN. This is a horrible example of eating habits and disorders to display to younger audiences. Naturally, she runs all the time even though she has no fuel in her body- goes to rehab- then collapses and dies- the typical “anonymous” storyline. I’m sorry but this a pile of crap and after two year of ruminating on this it’s one of those novels I forget about, but once I remember it I’m angry. It left a bad taste in my mouth. These type of storylines make it seem like eating disorders have no chance of recovery and overcoming the problem; using death to display tragedy after multiple failed rehabilitation or attempts at intervention is not a positive message to send to younger readers. Also Ana was a completely judgmental twat to her mom and it only fueled my dislike for her and this “novel”.

Whimsical Writing Scale: 2

Kick-Butt Heroine Scale: 1

Villain Scale: 2 (very disappointed with the depiction of eating disorders)

Character Scale: 1

Plotastic Scale: 1

Overall, I suggest skipping over this one. It’s a newer anonymous novel so I don’t consider it to be a classic or necessary for your angsty teen reads (there’s better stuff out there). I suggest Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson instead because it’s a beautiful novel that portrays eating disorders in a stark, gut-wrenching story that has stayed with me since my middle school years.

Cover Thoughts: Typical anonymous cover with half a face in the dark. Bleh. ...more

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Jan 03, 2020 Hannah rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1-star, hate-read, the-woooooooooooorst

Ohhhh dear, this was such a mess. I was expecting it to be, but not to the degree it ended up being. This is an extremely triggering book and shouldn’t be read by young teens, which is ironically the target demographic.

Anorexia and eating disorders are much more complex than this book makes them out to be. I would have liked for there to be a disclaimer, or a page of resources like in The Book of David. But neither of those things were included, so instead we get a poorly-written teenager’s str ...more

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Jan 22, 2013 Andrea Diaz rated it it was amazing

This book was amazing. It took me deeper into the world of anorexia. I know people who have suffered from eating disorders, myself being one of them, but never really knew what went through the mind of a person suffering with anorexia. Ana keeps a food diary given to her by her cross country coach and tracks her weight and the day's events. At the beginning, you see her weight stay within a 5 pound range, between 130 and 135, which is healthy for a girl of her height (5'7"). Through the st ...more

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Jan 05, 2014 Emily rated it liked it

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Dec 25, 2013 Ashley Finnegan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: pulse-it

I found this book on the pulse it website as a free read for the 31 days of Christmas. The only problem with that is you have to finish reading in the allowed time or.. well your just out of luck. I started this book two days ago and was 50% in before it just expired on me while I was in the middle of reading. I am a bit aggrevated over that but I knew if I didn't hurry that it was a possibility. Now I MUST buy this book to be able to finish it because it is that GOOD. I will update after I have ...more

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Jan 03, 2021 ~Madison rated it liked it

Wasn’t the best I’ve read but the ending made up for it!

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Sep 15, 2014 Heather rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-and-under, 2014, 2014-just-books, realistic, mental-illness

I had read Go Ask Alice a couple years ago and decided to try out another book from the other "Anonymous" author collection. I am so glad I did. Like Go Ask Alice, this is the main character's journal, which started off as a food/feeling journal. It is interesting to see what she wrote, her weight changes, and the evolution of her disorder. Also, interesting, because it was a journal, we never know her name - really who writes their name in their journal entries?? But for the remainder of the re I had read Go Ask Alice a couple years ago and decided to try out another book from the other "Anonymous" author collection. I am so glad I did. Like Go Ask Alice, this is the main character's journal, which started off as a food/feeling journal. It is interesting to see what she wrote, her weight changes, and the evolution of her disorder. Also, interesting, because it was a journal, we never know her name - really who writes their name in their journal entries?? But for the remainder of the review I'll just call her Ana - for simplicity.

This book gave me so many different feelings - I just wasn't expecting it. I find eating disorder books very interesting and very relatable since I had an eating problem when I was a teenager (not a full-out eating disorder but I believe it was borderline). I found that the topic was handled very well and covered all the ups and downs of the disorder – how it starts, the actual issue, and all the ugly.

All the characters were written very realistically. I believed everything that was going on and how each individual reacted to Ana and her behaviour. I completely felt for Jack! It must be hard standing there watching people you love hurt themselves. I could relate to Ana and her entire situation (although I have not experienced it all). Unlike what the back of the book describes, she did not start out by wanting to lose weight, but her sport forced the girls to track all the food and exercise they did. This was actually one of the parts of the books that completely irritated me! Why was it only the girls, yes it is predominantly girls who have eating disorders but why just focus on them? If you’re worried about eating disorders and are going to force people to track what they are doing (which I believe would just cause disorders instead of stopping them) then make the entire team do it not just the girls! Also, the coach’s reaction to Ana cutting her calories and losing weight just irritated me – if that’s how you are going to react the whole exercise was for nothing!

I was completely surprised by the ending and didn’t fully no how to react. I wasn’t expecting it – although I should have. Do not go into this expecting anything or having a certain mindset. It will throw you for a loop!

I would recommend this if you’re interested in eating disorders, Go Ask Alice style, journal writing, or realistic fiction. ...more

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Jun 06, 2013 Van (Short & Sweet Reviews) rated it really liked it

This is my first ‘Anonymous’ book, having never read any of the other similar books published in the previous years (Go Ask Alice, Lucy in the Sky or Jay’s Journal). LETTING ANA GO is the diary of a 16-year-old girl chronicling how a simple task of keeping a food journal for track turned into an uncontrollable obsession to be thin. At the beginning of each journal entry Ana jots down her weight trying to retain the daily suggested 2,200 calories intake. As the story progresses, Ana’s best friend This is my first ‘Anonymous’ book, having never read any of the other similar books published in the previous years (Go Ask Alice, Lucy in the Sky or Jay’s Journal). LETTING ANA GO is the diary of a 16-year-old girl chronicling how a simple task of keeping a food journal for track turned into an uncontrollable obsession to be thin. At the beginning of each journal entry Ana jots down her weight trying to retain the daily suggested 2,200 calories intake. As the story progresses, Ana’s best friend Jill convinces her to start losing weight with her. Ana’s usual 2, 2000 calories went down to 1,700 calories, 1,200 and then 1,000 calories a day.

LETTING ANA GO gives readers a glimpse into the mind of someone who suffers with anorexia nervosa, a person who loses weight that would be consider unhealthy for their age and height. I don’t know anyone that suffered an eating disorder, but this book shows how easily and scary a person can develop an eating disorder and not know it. It was sad to see how far Ana, and her friend Jill went to obtain the ‘model’ figure. This is a real problem that many women have suffered for a long time, thanks to the media, magazines, and celebrities some women believe that in order to be considered beautiful they need to weight a certain amount, or their waistline needs to be certain size, etc. Ana’s account is very real and disturbing, and though she’s blinded by her own actions…it was also heartbreaking to see everyone that loved her unable to help her. Her parents checked her into a rehab facility, hoping that she’d get better and her boyfriend would always tell her how much he loved her and how beautiful she was but it was never enough.

LETTING ANA GO is an amazing and at the same time heartbreaking story. It highlights the issue of anorexia and how it can become an obsessive-addiction that can lead to serious health consequences. The ending had me floored. I was completely in shock. I don’t really remember how I expected it to end, perhaps a happy ending like most book but I guess the way it ended made sense. This is a book everyone should read, not just teens. This book is the type of book that will stay with you long after you read it, I’m really glad I got the chance to read it.

*I received a review copy from the publicist and in exchange I provided a honest review. ...more

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Oct 07, 2014 Ms. Yingling rated it liked it

When her cross country coach makes her keep a food diary to make sure that she and the other girls on the team keep up their calorie counts and DON'T descend into an eating disorder, our unnamed character starts to lose weight. Her best friend, Jill, is a ballerina on a dangerously restrictive diet, and her mother has gained weight and is given a hard time about it by her father. When her father ends up leaving her mother for another woman, and she starts to run faster times after losing about t When her cross country coach makes her keep a food diary to make sure that she and the other girls on the team keep up their calorie counts and DON'T descend into an eating disorder, our unnamed character starts to lose weight. Her best friend, Jill, is a ballerina on a dangerously restrictive diet, and her mother has gained weight and is given a hard time about it by her father. When her father ends up leaving her mother for another woman, and she starts to run faster times after losing about ten pounds, she starts to work with her friend on ridiculously low calorie amounts. This brings her the attention of a boy she likes, and she's determined to lose weight to get into a size two dress, even though she is 5'7". Vanessa, another girl on the team, is worried about her, but she attributes that to jealously. After collapsing at a meet, she has to bring her weight up, her mother starts working days in order to be with her, and her friends watch her more closely, but she is now struggling with anorexia and finds it hard to break the cycle. Her friend Jill is hospitalized, as is she, and she does gain weight for a while, but the book has a very sad ending.
Strengths: My readers are already craving a lot of problem novels-- this doesn't usually occur until deep into February! This was a good read, along the lines of The Best Little Girl in the World. There is some kissing and touching, but nothing too bad.
Weaknesses: I was bothered that this is an "anonymous" diary, when you know it was written by an adult somewhere. It's just too specific and message heavy to have been a real diary. I also wish there had been some information at the back of the book about eating disorder support.

I struggle with giving girls books about eating disorders, but in 17 years of teaching, I have only had two girls who had to go into treatment. In the one case, the girl came to my attention BECAUSE she was reading so many books about the topic, and she is doing better now. This book certainly didn't make an eating disorder look in any way attractive, although the fact that the father left the mother in part because of her weight (or at least that was her daughter's perception) was a bit alarming.) At any rate, a good spring board for discussion. ...more

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Aug 15, 2013 Nicole rated it it was amazing

To be honest I don't know where to start about this book. Just the fact that it was written by an anonymous authour just makes you so much more intrigued to read it. I myself have struggled with anorexia nervosa since the age of 11 and just seeing that what I felt and thought happens to a lot of people sure made me feel like I wasn't the odd one out. Unlike many things that revolve around the topic of anorexia, such as blog posts, this book was not triggering at all. If anything, it made me feel ...more

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Jan 20, 2015 PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Everything in Her (unnamed) life was perfect, until Her dad left home, probably because Her mother was too fat. She begins a diet with Her best friend, Jill, which, due to other unaddressed stressors in Her life, turns into anorexia.

LETTING ANA GO, written in diary format, follows Her slow plunge from first place runner to anorexia. A lot of the diary entries were repetitive and boring, day after day of her weight, calories and dieting just isn't that interesting. LETTING ANA GO does a great jo ...more

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May 29, 2017 Jen from Quebec :0) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reading-challenge-books, school, memoirs, aty-challenge

It's good for what it is- what it is NOT is similar to Go Ask Alice which the book jacket leads one to believe. Having run a high school book club for a # of years, I have seen other entries into this series-they are 'issue' book written (always) by ANONYMOUS, usually in epistolary fashion. So, it is good...for what it *is*, you gather? --Jen from Quebec :0) (PS) This particular book was, indeed, about anorexia. ...more

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Jun 20, 2018 Katrine Lyngsøe rated it really liked it

(SPOILER WARNING) I thought this one was pretty good! It didn't fully describe what I felt when I was going through anorexia and it didn't really describe how I feel now but I think the 'anorexia experience' is different for everyone. I think I could be a bit more in depth with the eating disorder, especially the guilt and how hard it is to recover from it, but it was good never the less. I would've enjoyed it a bit more if it didn't end with the main character dying but instead recorvering from ...more

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Feb 22, 2015 Jessica☆ rated it really liked it

This book was an emotional read and I enjoyed it alot, however, the main character bugged me at times with how rude she was about her mother.
The ending was upsetting, but I knew something was going to happen after reading the previous books by the same author: such as 'Go Ask Alice' and 'Lucy in The Sky'.
I would overall reccommend this book if serious subjects such as Eating Disorders do not effect you. ...more

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Jun 20, 2013 Maryellen rated it it was ok

Shelves: meh, kindle-read

I liked Go Ask Alice, and tried this out as a random sample. No one in this book feels like an actual person (which I think they're supposed to be...) and none of the characters are likeable or sympathetic, kids OR adults. I wish I had finished this in time to return it, because I kinda hated it. ...more

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Jan 08, 2015 cammie 🐰🌱🌸🌱 rated it really liked it

As a girl who has struggled with bulimia before, this book opened my eyes.. well, at the same time, it also triggered me a bit, and for a while, made me go back to me being obsessed with my body weight, but this book is good. It's actually realistic unlike "Go Ask Alice" ...more

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Jan 30, 2015 Sarah rated it liked it

This book was very hard to read. The story is one that many teenagers go through today and surrounds us. This book hit me especially hard. With this book, it is both dangerous and helpful. I am not entirely sure how to formulate my thoughts about this book, so I will leave it at that.

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