TY  - BOOK
AU  - Covington Armstrong,Stephanie
TI  - Not all Black girls know how to eat: a story of bulimia 
SN  - 9781569763186
AV  - RC552.B84 C68 2009eb
U1  - 616.85/2630092B 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chicago, Ill.
PB  - Lawrence Hill Books
KW  - Covington Armstrong, Stephanie
KW  - Covington Armstrong, Stephanie.
KW  - Bulimia
KW  - United States
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Patients
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American women
KW  - Mental health
KW  - African American families
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Boulimie
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - Boulimiques
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Noires américaines
KW  - Santé mentale
KW  - Familles noires américaines
KW  - New York (État)
KW  - SELF-HELP
KW  - Eating Disorders
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Medical
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY
KW  - Psychopathology
KW  - fast
KW  - Health
KW  - Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
KW  - Bedford-Stuyvesant
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - A hungry childhood --; Returning home --; Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn --; Monster in the family --; Father's day --; Missing mommy --; A communist among us --; The trouble with puberty --; Tragedies --; On my own --; Losing it --; Hollywood, California --; What goes down must come up --; Manorexic --; New York --; Location, location, location --; Dating for doughnuts --; Resistance is futile --; Giving up the fight --; The inward journey --; On solid ground
N2  - Describing her struggle as a black woman with an eating disorder that is consistently portrayed as a white woman's problem, this insightful and moving narrative traces the background and factors that caused her bulimia. Moving coast to coast, she tries to escape her self-hatred and obsession by never slowing down, unaware that she is caught in downward spiral emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Finally she can no longer deny that she will die if she doesn't get help, overcome her shame, and conquer her addiction. But seeking help only reinforces her negative self-image, and she discovers her race makes her an oddity in the all-white programs for eating disorders. This memoir of her experiences answers many questions about why black women often do not seek traditional therapy for emotional problems
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ER  -