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Bones

Anorexia, Anxiety and My Path to Self-Love

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Bones

By: Robyn Shumer, Natasha Stoynoff
Narrated by: Robyn Shumer
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Bones is the tragicomic, roller coaster story of Robyn Shumer’s lifelong battle with—and triumph over—a crippling eating disorder. It’s an honest, first-person account that takes the listener inside the emotional, mental, physical, and social world of an anorexic from childhood to adulthood, through four decades of a changing society whose message to girls and women remained stubbornly the same: “thinner is the winner.”

With humor, Shumer paints a memoir of self-hatred, self-love, loss, anger, determination, and acceptance that is relatable to anyone who has suffered the ramifications of our food-and-body-obsessed culture.

Sprinkled with wisdom from experts, this personal diary will both engage and inform the listener. Shumer’s goal is to help those who suffer from anorexia, and their loved ones, too. She hopes to show the world that mental illness doesn’t define us, or prevent us from living successful, fulfilling lives. Bones is a living example of fearlessly sharing the stories that shape us.

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As interested as I was in the story, I had trouble listening to the author’s cadence as she read it aloud. She struggled to read her own words fluidly. I ended up speeding it up tremendously so I could get through it. If a trained professional had read the story, it would have been a lot better. Just one person’s opinion.

Good story/the wrong reader

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Shumer’s memoir, rich with imagery and humor, is not to be missed. I particularly enjoyed her authenticity which brought me back to my own adolescence through musical references, popular NJ shore spots, and the all too familiar feeling of being at odds with one’s body. A natural storyteller, Shumer weaves the tale of her complex relationship with her mother, her desire for independence, and how she learns to shed her need for control over decades. This is a beautiful story of self discovery, friendship, and overcoming shame. I devoured Bones during my commute and found myself yearning for more from this author.

Compelling and relatable memoir

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Amazing story! It will help so many. You really get to see into the mind of how someone with these challenges thinks.

The journey of an eating disorder.

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So slow and the parts were boring. There are much better memoirs for this length

Not the next “Wasted”

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