Through Thick and Thin

One Foster Family's Eating Disorder Journey

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Pediatrician Carolyn Roy-Bornstein and her husband had a comfortably empty nest after their sons had grown and flown. Soon after, Carolyn noticed that two of her patients struggled after their father died of cancer and their mother became too mentally ill to care for them. As a result, they were both placed in foster care, where one developed a severe eating disorder and the other began self-harming.In a leap of faith, Carolyn and her husband opened their home to these sisters and became their foster parents. Carolyn, despite being a doctor, was unprepared for the harsh realities of severe anorexia, depression and grueling treatment. She had worked as a pediatrician for the Department of Children and Families for years, but still was not equipped for the bureaucratic struggles she would face to save her youngest foster child from a brutal eating disorder. This book outlines the struggles of a fledgling foster family who, despite all odds, remains devoted to one another throughout the healing process.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-04
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:272 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:203
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476687315

Utforska kategorier

Ätstörningar inom Medicin
Uppfostran inom Hälsa och familj

Mer om författaren

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.

Recensioner i media

“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

Innehållsförteckning

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