Book Description With captivating blue eyes and dark hair, Jenny Lauren looked as though she'd stepped out of one of the ads for which her uncle, Ralph Lauren, is famous It was not long, however, before she found herself in a world where it was easy to see herself as less than perfect She was ten years old when she first starved herself After many years озсоэ of bingeing, purging, and compulsively exercising, her body fell apart Her colon herniated and she was forced to undergo surgery At twenty-four, living in chronic pain, she wrote Homesick as a cautionary tale that she hoped would touch many This unflinching account details her struggle with anorexia and bulimia, yet is also a much larger story that focuses on universal issues: the intricacies of family ties, the pressures of society, the search for selfhood, and ultimately the power of hope With flashes of wit and a knowing beyond its young writer's years, Homesick is a riveting and emotionally complex story of pain and hard-won recovery that no reader will forget Download DescriptionThis startlingly plainspoken and unflinching first-person account by the niece of fashion icon Ralph Lauren details a wrenching struggle with anorexia and bulimia -- and speaks powerfully to a widespread failure by the medical community to understand eating disorders.  Kirstee2005 г 304 стр ISBN 0743456998.