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|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=An elegant look at the isolation of the anorexic and their family. I couldn't put the book down and a twist at the end left me gasping. It's an informed and very readable consideration of the medical ethics of treating anorexics. Book Club secretaries please note: there's an excellent list of questions to consider at the back of the book. Hazel McHaffie popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Hazel McHaffie|chat to us]].
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
McHaffie has trained as a nurse and a midwife and has a PhD in Social Sciences. She knows what she's talking about, but more importantly she can write a compelling story which brings out the seriousness of an illness such as anorexia in a totally believable way. There's a fascinating look at the question of when a child is competent to make decisions about her own health. Do parents really know better than their children? Are children necessarily wrong because their view doesn't accord with that of their parents or doctors?
The main thrust of this book is India's anorexia, but there are several other ethical issues which are explored and a major twist at the end of the story which left me gasping, but which is, in itself, an issue which is currently commanding a lot of media interest. I'm not going to even hint about what it is, because I want you to have the same pleasure which I had. One of my favourite authors , [[:Category:Linda Gillard|Linda Gillard]] , said McHaffie's book has a terrific shock in the story which sent her back to the beginning to see if the author had cheated. She hadn't - and I did exactly the same thing!so I know she's right.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
We've also been impressed by McHaffie's fiction about [[Over My Dead Body by Hazel McHaffie|organ donation]] and [[Remember Remember by Hazel McHaffie|end-of-life care]].
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