The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno (2014)

Eight.He moves a hand. Continue ( Read more... )

The Escape Artist by Helen Fremont (2020)

Part One
Chapter One Thirty-five years later, Lara and I would realize that things were not always as we’d been told. Renzo looks more like my mother than like anyone else in these movies, and he certainly doesn’t look like Giulio. For my mother, identity was slippery, and history was a vast game board on ( Read more... )

Mother Daughter Widow Wife: A Novel by Robin Wasserman (2020)

Part I
4. Elizabeth
The doorbell rang. I ignored it. The bell rang again, and I had apparently become a woman too tired not to do as she was asked. Behind the door stood a bedraggled girl, a copy of Augustine in her hand. She shoved the book in my face. “Is this you ( Read more... )

Thin Girls by Diana Clarke (2020)

Part One
1 In high school, we were taught about the USA’s Founding Fathers. About how, in 1779, Thomas Jefferson’s suggested punishment for lesbianism included cutting a hole in the perpetrator’s nose cartilage, at least a half inch in diameter ( Read more... )

Lakewood by Megan Giddings (2020)

Part 1
Chapter 3Once a doctor had claimed that Deziree’s problems were psychological. Something terrible had happened to her, he speculated, and her body was working out the trauma. Therapy, some Lexapro, some exercise, she’ll be a new woman in six months. Another had said she just wanted attention. They had gone ( Read more... )

Empty by Susan Burton (2020)

Prologue: 1991Anorexia and bulimia have more recognizable symptoms than BED, which is often overlooked as a diagnosis. Information may not be offered by the patient: Eating disorders are characterized by secrecy. Even after I stopped bingeing, I told no one about it. Not my husband, not a therapist, not anyone. ( Read more... )

Skincare: The ultimate no-nonsense guide by Caroline Hirons (2020)Use serums to treat your skin condition. Use moisturisers or facial oils to treat your skin type ( Read more... )

This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (and Me) by Marisa Meltzer (2020)

PrologueLater Jean would write, “Most fat people need to be hurt in some way in order to be jolted into taking action and doing something for themselves. Something has got to happen to demoralize you suddenly and completely before you see the light ( Read more... )

Mr. Nobody by Catherine Steadman (2020)

Chapter 4: Dr. Emma LewisRetrograde amnesia or fugue. The loss of all stored biographical memory, through trauma-physical or psychological. Patients with either would retain all skill- and knowledge-based memory, as these types of memories are stored in different areas of the brain, but lose personal memory ( Read more... )

It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You: Complex Trauma and Treatment by Christine A. Courtois (2014)

A Basic Definition of Trauma Despite the incorporation of PTSD into the diagnostic lexicon more than 30 years ago, a lot of people still don’t fully understand what trauma actually is. In fact, even those who’ve experienced it often don’t ( Read more... )