![]() Hannah Kuchler praises the book in the Financial Times, writing that "Freeman manages to turn this tragic and taxing tale into a gripping story, capturing an experience that many find hard to understand". In The Jewish Chronicle Jennifer Lipman praises Freeman for her journalistic rigour which " this not just a misery memoir but an examination of the causes and consequences of anorexia", noting how the book " highlights important questions over the links between anorexia and autism, or anorexia and gender dysphoria as it presents in girls on the cusp of adolescence". Writing in The Times Suzanne O'Sullivan describes how she "was struck throughout by the humility of the account and the responsibility she takes for her disorder". In The Guardian Fiona Sturges described the book as a "clear-eyed, sometimes upsetting but also bleakly funny account of this most slippery illness and what it feels like from the inside". It was also published in the United States by Simon & Schuster. ![]() The book explores Freeman's struggles with anorexia nervosa from age 14 to 17, and subsequently with obsessive–compulsive disorder and addiction to cocaine. ![]() Good Girls: A story and study of anorexia is a 2023 autobiographical memoir written by Hadley Freeman, and published by Fourth Estate for HarperCollins. ![]()
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