{"product_id":"9780007386604","title":"The Real Me is Thin","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Weir, Arabella \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThe arts\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 June 2011 by Harpercollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 | 170g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lumped into the 'too fat for potatoes group' by her mother, carefree eating isn't something Arabella Weir had much experience of growing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written with startling frankness, Arabella unravels her own eating history in this humorous appraisal of our attitudes towards eating disorders and obesity. Not easy for someone who still can't be alone unsupervised in a room with a packet of chocolate biscuits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Charting Arabella's neurotic relationship with food, from prolonged abstinence to binge eating, this humorous memoir recreates a childhood besieged with battles over food. Subjected to her mother's capricious feeding regime and taught early on that food was her enemy, happiness meant being allowed to eat what she liked - or more importantly what everyone else was eating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Recounting stories of unhinged mothers and callous doctors, mystery-meat suppers, and egg custard battles with calculating boyfriends' mothers, this candid memoir vividly recreates a childhood and adolescence marred by the social embarrassment of being marked as different simply due to your weight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55490651292034,"sku":"9780007386604","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780007386604.jpg?v=1753731646","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780007386604","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}