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Monkey Taming

Monkey Taming

by JudithFathallah (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.40
Synopsis

You've eaten too much, you fat pig. When Jessica was thirteen years old, she met the Monkey. The Monkey lived inside her: a driving, fiery voice telling her that thinness was the only way. The only way to be safe, to be good, to be acceptable and above all, to escape from the cold, looming threat of approaching adulthood. Jessica listened to the Monkey, and it consumed her. This is the illuminating story of a teenage girl's wanderings in darkness: the spiral down into madness, the terrible realities of an adolescent psychiatric unit, and the stark choice that she must either tame her monster - or die. Through memory, reflection, and enduring black humour, Jessica makes a tenuous peace with the world, and with her emerging adult self.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Publisher: Definitions (Young Adult)
Published: 06 Jul 2006
ISBN 10: 0099488450
ISBN 13: 9780099488453
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: A true-life story of a teenage girl's battle with anorexia

Media Reviews
Honest and darkly humourous, this is much more than just an issues book. Deserving of a wide audience, it is extremely well written and entirely engrossing -- Angela Lockton The Bookseller This is a gripping account of a descent into illness. Hones, engaging and grimly humourous, this offers a fresh slant on a much-covered subject -- Becky Stradwick Publishing News Heart-felt and illuminating account of a young girl's battle with an eating disorder, told with perception and grim humour The Bookseller The story is deeply moving - unflinching in its realism, at times humourous and, ultimately uplifting. This is a thoroughly rewarding read taht should be made widely available to all teenagers Carousel
Author Bio
Judith Fathallah is 18 years old and comes from Cardiff. She is currently in her first year of an English degree at Cambridge. At 13 Judith was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa and admitted to a psychiatric ward. Now fully recovered, Judith wants to tell her story through the persona of Jessica.