Carolyn Roy-Bornstein’s work has been published in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Poets & Writers and many other places. She lives with her family on the North Shore of Boston.

“For any family who has known the pain and heart-ache of eating disorders, Roy-Bornstein’s book is a compelling and personal roller coaster ride through a terrifying disease that can upend families and end in tragedy. Her story of being called to foster parent during the empty nest will touch your heart and astound you at equal turns.”—Lee Woodruff, New York Times best-selling author, In an Instant

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsSection I—In the BeginningPrologueOne. A Loving Leap of FaithTwo. Where Is Home?Three. InsidersFour. A Relationship in Venn DiagramsFive. Facing DemonsSix. It Takes Courage to BelieveSection II—In the ThroesSeven. Boarding the Struggle BusEight. Together, AloneNine. Warding Off DemonsTen. Not Enough Tears in the WorldEleven. The SignTwelve. This Is How I Lose HerThirteen. The StandoffFourteen Living in the SlipstreamSection III—In CodaFifteen. A Rocky Road Gets RockierSixteen. As Close to Death as ThisSeventeen. The Fight of Our LivesEighteen. Doubling Down on LoveEpilogueIndex

Carolyn Roy-Bornstein’s work has been published in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Poets & Writers and many other places. She lives with her family on the North Shore of Boston.

“For any family who has known the pain and heart-ache of eating disorders, Roy-Bornstein’s book is a compelling and personal roller coaster ride through a terrifying disease that can upend families and end in tragedy. Her story of being called to foster parent during the empty nest will touch your heart and astound you at equal turns.”—Lee Woodruff, New York Times best-selling author, In an Instant

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsSection I—In the BeginningPrologueOne. A Loving Leap of FaithTwo. Where Is Home?Three. InsidersFour. A Relationship in Venn DiagramsFive. Facing DemonsSix. It Takes Courage to BelieveSection II—In the ThroesSeven. Boarding the Struggle BusEight. Together, AloneNine. Warding Off DemonsTen. Not Enough Tears in the WorldEleven. The SignTwelve. This Is How I Lose HerThirteen. The StandoffFourteen Living in the SlipstreamSection III—In CodaFifteen. A Rocky Road Gets RockierSixteen. As Close to Death as ThisSeventeen. The Fight of Our LivesEighteen. Doubling Down on LoveEpilogueIndex

Carolyn Roy-Bornstein’s work has been published in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Poets & Writers and many other places. She lives with her family on the North Shore of Boston.

“For any family who has known the pain and heart-ache of eating disorders, Roy-Bornstein’s book is a compelling and personal roller coaster ride through a terrifying disease that can upend families and end in tragedy. Her story of being called to foster parent during the empty nest will touch your heart and astound you at equal turns.”—Lee Woodruff, New York Times best-selling author, In an Instant

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsSection I—In the BeginningPrologueOne. A Loving Leap of FaithTwo. Where Is Home?Three. InsidersFour. A Relationship in Venn DiagramsFive. Facing DemonsSix. It Takes Courage to BelieveSection II—In the ThroesSeven. Boarding the Struggle BusEight. Together, AloneNine. Warding Off DemonsTen. Not Enough Tears in the WorldEleven. The SignTwelve. This Is How I Lose HerThirteen. The StandoffFourteen Living in the SlipstreamSection III—In CodaFifteen. A Rocky Road Gets RockierSixteen. As Close to Death as ThisSeventeen. The Fight of Our LivesEighteen. Doubling Down on LoveEpilogueIndex