This story is based on the theme of anorexia. To her father, Francesca is "the best little girl in the world", but at her ballet class she realizes she is "fat". With this realization, fat Francesca has to die, and slim Kessa takes her place. Help arrives in the shape of Sandy Sherman, a doctor.
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This story is based on the theme of anorexia. To her father, Francesca is "the best little girl in the world", but at her ballet class she realizes she is "fat". With this realization, fat Francesca has to die, and slim Kessa takes her place. Help arrives in the shape of Sandy Sherman, a doctor.
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Add this copy of The Best Little Girl in the World to cart. $11.58, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary.
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Good. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear on the boards. Foxing on the top edge. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of The Best Little Girl in the World to cart. $39.00, very good condition, Sold by Mainly Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silverdale, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Contemporary Books.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0809276992. Hardcover with dustjacket, "A novel...also a representative case history of one girl afflicted by this shocking and compelling psychological disturbance, " the former owner's name is present on the first blank end-paper and the corners have light rubbing, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has rubbing to the glossy surface as its only flaw, the original price ( 8.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, nice clean copy; 196 pages.
Add this copy of The Best Little Girl in the World to cart. $141.12, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Contemporary Books.
I ordered this book on the recommendations of friends of mine, with whom I run a support group for girls with eating disorders. Having never been anorexic myself, I could never understand what drives an apparently happy and healthy young woman into this self-inflicted prison of secrets that nobody else can break into. In fact, that is one of the main reasons why those walls are so hard to break down - the fact that none but the person with anorexia can let those walls down tends to give one the illusion of control. Until one realises that the walls dont only keep the rest of th e world our - they keep YOU in.
I would heartily recommend this book especially for parents trying to figure out a way of getting through. Out of date it might be, but the conflicts and the clashes of will are as raw and as relevant as ever.
