These memoirs are based on Lori Gottlieb's diaries, written in 1978, when the author was eleven years old. Gottlieb offers a chronicle of her battle with anorexia and the pressures from family, peers, and society that led her to starve herself

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Winter 1978 -- "Who Do You Think You Are, Young Lady?" -- Captain of Justice -- Power Paragraph -- Real Women Don't Eat Dessert -- Thunder Thighs -- Sex Education -- Chameleon -- Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness -- "That's My Girl" -- Lori Monument -- Sorry About the Milk Shake, Mr. President -- Day of Atonement -- Spring 1978 -- Please Help the Hungry -- Lactose Intolerant -- If You Can Pinch an Inch -- Level F, Section Pink -- Facts and Figure -- Shrink Me -- Absolute Delight -- Don't Talk with Your Mouth Full -- Chewing on Air -- "Hello, Angels ... It's Charlie" -- E Is for Electrolyte -- Summer 1978 -- Breck Girl -- Fractions -- Brownie -- Camp Cedars -- Nora -- Hey, Taxi -- Shereen's Jeans -- Life without Andy Gibb -- Cutting the Fat -- Secretary School -- North Star -- Do Not Resuscitate -- Stick Figure -- Eggshells -- You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Thin