Summary: As a girl, Stephanie Covington Armstrong loved to read in order to escape to the “world outside the walls of the ghetto where we dwelled”. Despite her empty stomach, each night she would battle her mother at the dinner table. Stephanie wanted to enjoy her food. In this memoir, she shares her journey as a Black woman with bulimia in a society that deems eating disorders as a white girl problem.
Takeaways: The barriers Stephanie faces to access a welcoming support group are appalling. We need to hold space to question why the stereotypical individual with an eating disorder is female and white. We need listen to voices from the Black community explore what it means to have an eating disorder.
* Minnesota friends: This book is on eBooks MN!
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