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    Sad Perfect: A Novel

    By Stephanie Elliot

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    Sixteen-year-old Pea looks normal, but she has a secret: she has Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, which means she can’t eat very much because nutritious foods frighten her. Having ARFID is like having a monster inside of her, one that dictates what she can eat, what she does and who she socializes with. This monster is growing and controlling more than just her food issues – it’s causing anxiety, depression and thoughts that she doesn’t want to have. When she falls crazy-mad in love with Ben, she hides her disorder from him, pretending that she’s fine. At first, everything really does feel like it’s getting better with him around, so she stops taking her anxiety and depression medication. And that's when the monster really takes over her life. Just as everything seems lost and hopeless, Pea finds in her family, best friend, and Ben the support and strength that she needs to learn that her eating disorder doesn’t have to control her. SAD PERFECT is a heart-wrenching debut from Stephanie Elliot.

    A Margaret Ferguson Book

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateFeb 28, 2017
    ISBN9780374303778
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    Sad Perfect: A Novel
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    Stephanie Elliot

    Stephanie Elliot is the author of Sad Perfect. She has written for a variety of websites and magazines and is a book reviewer, a parenting columnist, a mommy blogger, and an editor. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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    • 4/5
      Pea is a sixteen year old girl who struggles with the eating disorder ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). Her illness makes her avoid certain foods limiting her socialization with friends. She meets a boy named Ben but fears he will reject her once he discovers her secret. Her last boyfriend couldn't handle her illness and this hurt her emotionally. After a few weeks with Ben, Pea starts to feel happier and decides to go off of her anxiety medication. She does this without notifying her doctors or parents. At first she feels fine but then her life starts to spiral out of control. Her battle to reclaim her old life becomes the main theme of the book. This is a realistic book about a teenager living with a disorder in the stressful world of high school. It is targeted at young adults but the story does have universal appeal. This is a wonderful debut novel by Stephanie Elliot.