Lighter than my shadow
About this book
Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast. But in any life a set of circumstance can collide, and normal behavior might soon shade into something sinister, something deadly. One day you can find yourself being told you have two weeks to live. Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak as to prey on the weak, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure towards happiness.
Subjects
- adolescent
- biography
- biography & autobiography
- bullying
- cartoons and comics
- child
- child abuse
- child abuse -- comic books, strips, etc
- comic books, strips
- comics & graphic novels
- comics & graphic novels, general
- depression & mental illness
- eating disorders
- eating disorders & body image
- eating disorders -- family relationships -- comic books, strips, etc
- eating disorders -- patients -- comic books, strips, etc
- eating disorders -- rehabilitation -- comic books, strips, etc
- family relationships
- feeding and eating disorders
- graphic novels
- green, katie (illustrator) -- comic books, strips, etc
- health
- patients
- physical & emotional abuse
- rehabilitation
- self-esteem & self-reliance
- sexual abuse
- social topics
- social topics .
- women
- young adult nonfiction