Steven Levenkron

Kessie thinks she's overweight. She's five foot four and ninety-eight pounds. Kessie has anorexia nervosa.

The Best Little Girl in the World

Just looking at Katie Roskova, you'd think she had it all: she was pretty, popular, an A-student at an exclusive private school, and on her way to becoming a champion figure skater. But there was another Katie, the one she hid from the world, who was having trouble dealing with the mounting pressures of her young life. And it was this Katie who, with no other means of expression available to her, reacted to her overbearing mother, her absent father, her unforgiving schedule, and her oblivious classmates by turning her self-doubt into self-hatred. And into self-mutilation. In his previous novel, The Best Little Girl in the World, Steven Levenkron brought insight, expertise, and sensitivity to the painful subject of anorexia nervosa. Now he applies these same talents to demystifying a condition that is just as heartbreaking, and becoming more common everyday. Through his depiction of Katie's self-mutilating behavior, she is called "a cutter" by her peers, and her triumphant road to recovery, he offers a compelling profile of a young girl in trouble, and much-needed hope to the growing numbers who suffer from this shocking syndrome.

A young skater battlres her self-destructive impulses

The Luckiest Girl in the World

The story of a young anorexic, Kessa, as she is released from the hospital and must confront her innermost fears without reverting to her old patterns of self-denial and rigid control

Kessa

La ragazza perfetta

Traces the origins and causes of this disease, shows how an innocent desire to lose a few pounds can manifest in life-threatening symptoms, and discusses the social and physiological forces that shape the illness.

Anatomy of Anorexia

"The most practical, down to earth, thoughtful, and sensitive book written on women's childhood sexual abuse."—Samuel C. Klagsbrun, MD From the psychotherapist who offered groundbreaking work on self-mutilation (Cutting) comes a landmark examination of the psychology of sexual abuse. Stolen Tomorrows encourages the 20 percent of women who have been abused to think about, talk about, and seek help for what has been their secret shame. In addition to giving therapists and other helpers an empathic insight, Stolen Tomorrows will enable the survivor to recognize herself in both her personal history and her current struggle to overcome the legacy of abuse.

Stolen Tomorrows: Understanding and Treating Women's Childhood Sexual Abuse

Abby Levenkron

A breakthrough study of the psychological aspects of sexual abuse examines the emotional and psychological repercussions of such trauma--including self-hatred, low self-esteem, fear, and a sense of personal debasement--while sharing an uplifting message of support for survivors on how to overcome the legacy of abuse.

Understanding and Treating Women's Childhood Sexual Abuse

Stolen Tomorrows

A beautiful, talented, and intelligent teenager with a future as a figure skating champion, young Katie Roskova struggles to cope with the pressures of her life--an ambitious mother, fear of failure--until she finds help with therapist Sandy Sherman. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

A beautiful, talented, and intelligent teenager with a future as a figure skating champion, young Katie Roskova struggles to cope with the pressures of her life--an ambitious mother, fear of failure--until she finds help with therapist Sandy Sherman

Steven Levenkron

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