My Name is Caroline
 

My Name Is Caroline

by Caroline Adams Miller

Caroline Adams Miller appeared to have the picture-perfect life: an upbringing in an affluent Washington, D.C. suburb, a loving family, athletic achievements, academic success, and admission to Harvard University. Unknown to her family and friends, however, Caroline was bulimic and spent many solitary years pursuing her addiction to binging and purging large quantities of food before it almost... (read more)

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Remarkable story
  • Rated 5 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, January 27, 2006
This woman's life paralleled mine in so many ways--Harvard undergrad, young to marry, overachiever, and now bulimic. Caroline offers a path to recovery that I personally think is the only truly effective way: enlisting the help of God. This book is written in such a way that it won't trigger eating disorder behaviors, which many of the books on the subject do. I highly recommend this book to people who are in a dark place right now looking for hope and an answer to their prayers.
There Is Hope For Bulimics
  • Rated 5 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, November 27, 2002
Trying to find books dealing with bulimia is tough. Atleast books that are up to date. My Name Is Caroline is a wonderful book for anyone who is/was bulimic. She never tried to hide any of her feelings in this book. You understand and sympathize with her. She is the typical/textbook bulimic. Upper-middle class, perfectionist, controlling parents... She shows you that there is hope and that you don't have to live your life like this.
Not just for bulimics
  • Rated 5 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, April 4, 2002
Ms. Miller gives us an honest and humble account of her struggle with bulimia. Not just for bulimics, this book offers insight into emotional attachments one may have to eating and food. It is truly an interesting and easy to read story. Keep this one on hand to reread when you need encouragement or have lost sight of your ultimate goal of staying healthy and happy.
Definate read
  • Rated 4 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, August 2, 2001
What an amazing book, I read it last summer and its contents are still with me.Caroline is amazingly honest and open about her experiences, a recommendation for anyone, particularly those who struggle to understand eating disorders.
an interesting and revealing account of a woman's struggle w
  • Rated 3 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, June 7, 1999
This was an interesting and revealing account of one woman's struggle with, and recovery from bulimia. The book is repetitive by its nature -- she describes her compulsive binging and purging from the time she was a young teenager to a young woman. However, while autobiographical, many of the stories/anecdotes she included were unnecessary or irrelevant, weighing the reader down with the feeling of, "Haven't I read this before?" or "Who cares?" All in all, though, this is an insightful book about the nature and pain of addiction, and one that gives much-needed inspiration and hope about the possibility of recovery.
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