Lori Gottlieb started out as a normal girl. But women all around her were sending messages that girls should be worried about their weight. Her female friends and family members all seemed to be dieting, talking about their weight, worrying about how much they were eating. Plus, her parents were not very pleasant people. So really, what could have happened besides her becoming anorexic? Not much. The book is from her point of view, and she fails to see why everyone is so freaked out about her "diet", why the evil doctors want her to stay fat, and why women can diet, but not her. It's pretty interesting to get inside the head of an anorexic and see what's really going through their heads. This book is heavily based on the author's acual diary, so it really does show pretty much what a real anorexic was thinking, which I think is priceless.
