A Note From Amanda:

After hearing an informative and heartbreaking programme on BBC Radio 4 which featured a father whose daughter was had an eating disorder, I searched for a bit more information online to help get a better understanding of the problems that families touched by these conditions have to cope with. The results were shocking and the incidences of those affected appeared far more widespread that I had feared. It felt like this important topic wasn't receiving as much coverage as it should, so I came up with Freya's story of trying to help her daughter Lexi, who was struggling with anorexia, to help get the message out there. I regularly receive emails from parents of children who are going through a similar journey to say that much of the story mirrors their own personal experiences. Many parents said that recognising the initial stages of these conditions helped them to make an early intervention and so I'm very grateful that the book has been well received.