Title: An excellent portrayal of the descent into Anorexia
Product review: Levenkron's The Best Little Girl in the World takes an outstanding viewpoint in the life of Kessa, a perfectioistic high school student who develops Anorexia Nervosa. Kessa is diagnosed with Anorexia before most people knew what Anorexia meant. She is very good at hiding the physical and psychological effects of the disorder from her family and friends. As an anorexic, I felt this book was one of the few pieces of writing that appropriately describes the emotional turmoil an anorexic feels, and her family feels. Most authors do not portray anorexia as the kind of disease it is. Levenkron, however, gets into the mind of Kessa and lets the readers know everything about her, not just about her anorexia. Levenkron makes it very clear that anorexics fall into a trap, one in which they feel anorexia is their identity, without it, they are nobody. Kessa falls into this trap and has a very hard time climbing back up, to be a noraml kid
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