![]() The man, Jake, claims he can unblock bad energies in the body. Desperate for their daughter to get better, Katie’s dad takes her to a “spiritual worker”. After collapsing at school, her parents put her in a treatment program… with limited results. As she ages and becomes more aware of her body, what was once seen as “picky eating” quickly morphs into a full blown eating disorder. LIGHTER THAN MY SHADOW tells the story of Katie Green’s experience with disordered eating that started when she was very young. ![]() I went in to this thinking it was going to be a quick read (as graphic novels usually are) but this one packs a wallop at 500 pages. Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak as to prey on the weak, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure towards happiness. One day you can find yourself being told you have two weeks to live. But in any life a set of circumstance can collide, and normal behavior might soon shade into something sinister, something deadly. ![]() She’d sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she’d have to eat it for breakfast. ![]() TW/CW: Eating disorder, sexual abuse, mental abuse, suicide ideation.Ī graphic memoir of eating disorders, abuse and recovery. ![]() ARC?: Yes, provided through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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