CA Author Recounts Family’s Struggles with Male Anorexia in Memoir
William Zemba’s memoir of his anorexic brother reveals more than just a male suffering of a complex disorder.
Anorexia nervosa knows no gender. For people who think the disorder impacts only women and girls, such statement would be shocking to them. They will find it hard to believe until they read the book David and the Old Man (WestBow Press, 2010).
David and the Old Man throws light on male anorexia, informing readers there is a widely unrecognized population that is in dire need of understanding and treatment. While it does not offer a clinically sophisticated approach to the disorder, it provides insights from one family’s experience with male anorexia.
The book
William Zemba’s memoir of his anorexic brother reveals more than just a male suffering of a complex disorder.
Anorexia nervosa knows no gender. For people who think the disorder impacts only women and girls, such statement would be shocking to them. They will find it hard to believe until they read the book David and the Old Man (WestBow Press, 2010).
David and the Old Man throws light on male anorexia, informing readers there is a widely unrecognized population that is in dire need of understanding and treatment. While it does not offer a clinically sophisticated approach to the disorder, it provides insights from one family’s experience with male anorexia.
The book