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ISBN: 978 1 78592 231 2

  eISBN: 978 1 78450 508 0

  A mother’s poignant struggle to comprehend what is happening to her daughter. It takes courage to choose to love. Or to grow up. It takes strength to stand by. It has taken guts to write these painful words. Words so clear, so frail in their despair and yet so very calm in the determination to overcome. Words served bite sized page by page.

  Rudolf Krzos, Parent

  A generous gift for healthcare professionals, carers, and all who live with challenges of mental and physical conditions - or simply with the ups and downs of being human.

  Dr Clare Short, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

  Bite Sized is a brave and searing account from a mother navigating her daughter’s anorexia, reminding us that eating disorders do not afflict just individuals but everyone close to them. Honest and moving, not shying away from how painful it is, Bite Sized nonetheless offers hope and a side of the story that needs to be heard.

  Katie Green, Author of Lighter Than My Shadow

  Fiona’s work brings a powerful insight into the impact that an eating disorder can have on the whole family. Her compassionate and moving account would help anyone to have a better understanding of this most challenging illness.

  Susan Ringwood, Chief Executive of Beat

  Forged by a mother’s love, Bite Sized embodies a unique sensory perspective which helps us to grasp the dark complexity of eating disorders in ways no clinical case-study could achieve. Through lived experience and relationship its hard-won wisdom offers hope and is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

  Catherine Lamont-Robinson, Artist

  Compact, compelling and courageous, Bite Sized has the potential to make a real difference. A highly original and powerful piece of writing, it is a brave and honest account of a mother’s experience. Anorexia remains surrounded by ignorance and related stigma, which adds significantly to the burden on families. This beautifully written volume will help relatives, friends and many others gain a better understanding

  of its impact. It should be recommended reading for all healthcare professionals.

  Dr Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Great Ormond Street Hospital

  Bite Sized speaks to me directly, as I imagine it will to any parent who has witnessed the horror of anorexia; I feel it viscerally. Its meaning extends beyond shared experience, however, and its many layers are bound together with the more universally recognisable ties of love. A book to be shared with anyone who knows what it is to care.

  Erica Husain, Parent