Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager - Beatrice Sparks

This book is a diary of a bulimic girl, edited by Beatrice Sparks. I'm not sure how much was changed during the editing process. Presumably, people's names were altered, but I'm not sure if any other contents of the diary were changed or amended. Certainly, this book is based on a real diary and therefore can be taken as a true and emotional account of one girl's suffering. Kim is a gymnast in her final year of high school, getting ready to go to college. Being a gymnast, she has to be careful of her weight if she's to do well, so there are comments right from the start about her weight and fears of being too fat. Initially, the diary entries ...  Read the complete review