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Fragile : The True Story of My Lifelong Battle with Anorexia by Nikki Grahame (2012, Trade Paperback)

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And yet she dealt with her struggle with the bravery, full-heartedness - and even self-effacing humour - that originally won millions across the country over to her. As Nikki herself once observed, 'I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic - and I was.'.

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PublisherBlake Publishing, The Limited, John

ISBN-101857826612

ISBN-139781857826616

eBay Product ID (ePID)117157049

Product Key Features

Book TitleFragile : the True Story of My Lifelong Battle with Anorexia

Number of Pages318 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychopathology / Eating Disorders, Women, Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, Psychology

AuthorNikki Grahame

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight9.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal616.852620092

SynopsisSay the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubbly, highly strung and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she has forged a successful career for herself in presenting and writing. Yet Nikki isn't just another reality television contestant and her life story is not like any other you will ever read. From the age of eight until she was nineteen. Nikki battled anorexia nervosa but few cases have been quite as extreme as hers. Aged just eight and weighing just under three stone, Nikki was diagnosed as anorexic. For the next eight years, she was in and out of institutions - eleven in total - during which time she attempted suicide twice and had to be sedated up to four times a day so that she could be force-fed. At one point, she was sedated for fourteen days while doctors sewed a tube into her stomach, through which she was fed to get her weight out of the critical range. The lengths that she went to in order to avoid eating and find ways to exercise excessively shocked doctors who have worked in the field for years.As Nikki says, 'I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic - and I was.' With searing honesty, Nikki recounts her long and painful road to recovery, how she has had to come to terms with the long-term ramification of her illness, how she coped with being in the Big Brother house and how she uses her new-found fame to promote awareness of eating disorders and to help those who are suffering from similar problems. This compelling book tells the story of an incredible journey., 'The figure looking back at me was little more than a skeleton with just a thin layer of tissue paper for skin, drawn over the stick-like bones. I stood staring for a good couple of minutes, considering what I'd become. And my verdict? Brilliant, I thought. It's been worth every moment of all that hard work.', Say the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubby, highly strung and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant, famous for her diary room outbursts. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she had forged a successful career for herself in presenting and writing. Yet Nikki isn't just another reality television contestant and her life story is not like any other you will ever read. From the age of eight until she was nineteen, Nikki battled anorexia nervosa but few cases have been quite as extreme as hers. What she has been through while suffering from this illness might surprise you it will definitely shock you. At just seven years old, Nikki began feeling that she was overweight. A remark about her being fat from a fellow pupil at a gymnastics class along with insecurity brought about by her parents' separation and he beloved grandfather's death, were the catalysts for Nikki's long-term eating disorder. Aged just eight and weighing just under three stone, she was diagnosed as anorexic. For the next eight years, Nikki was in and out of institutions seven in total during which time she attempted suicide twice and had to be sedated up to four times a day so that she could be force-fed. At one point, she was sedated for fourteen days while doctors sewed a tube into her stomach, through which she was fed in order to get her weight out of the critical range. Nikki admits that she knew every anorexic's trick in the book: from breaking into hospital kitchens to water down full-fat milk, altering her diet sheet and switching name tags on food to ensure that she received smaller amounts, to even stuffing a door-stop down her trousers before a weigh-in. The extremes that she went to in order to avoid eating and find ways to exercise excessively shocked doctors who have worked in the field for years. As Nikki says, I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic and I was. This is the heart-rending and powerful story of a girl who lost her childhood but was brave enough to finally admit that she wanted to live again. With searing honesty, Nikki recounts her long and painful road to recovery, how she has had to come to terms with the long-term ramifications of her illness, how she coped with being in the Big Brother house and how she uses her new-found fame to promote awareness of eating disorders and to help those who are suffering from similar problems. This compelling book tells the story of an incredible journey.", On 9 April 2021, Britain was shocked by the tragic death of Nikki Grahame. While many will remember Nikki Grahame simply as the warm, lively, good-humoured contestant who stole the show in Big Brother , she was much more than that. On top of bending her talent toward a successful career in presenting and writing after the show ended, her life was also marked by courage in the face of extreme adversity, since Nikki had battled from childhood with a severe case of anorexia nervosa. While her story is shocking, the reality of her experience is one which will be felt by many people, as an understanding of eating disorders become clearer throughout society. At just seven years old, Nikki began feeling that she was overweight. A cruel remark from a fellow pupil at a gymnastiME class, along with insecurity brought about by her parents' separation and her beloved grandfather's death, were the catalysts for Nikki's long-term eating disorder. It would follow her for the rest of her life. And yet she dealt with her struggle with the bravery, full-heartedness - and even self-effacing humour - that originally won millions across the country over to her. As Nikki herself once observed, 'I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic - and I was.' Her autobiography Fragile - made tragic by her untimely death but remaining uncompromising in its honesty, its power and its humanity - is a moving but deeply important story of a woman coming to terms with serious illness, and using her platform to speak out and help others who are suffering. Nikki and her legacy will not be forgotten., Say the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubby, highly strung and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant, famous for her diary room outbursts. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she had forged a successful career for herself in presenting and writing. Yet Nikki isn't just another reality television contestant and her life story is not like any other you will ever read. From the age of eight until she was nineteen, Nikki battled anorexia nervosa--but few cases have been quite as extreme as hers. What she has been through while suffering from this illness might surprise you--it will definitely shock you. At just seven years old, Nikki began feeling that she was overweight. A remark about her being fat from a fellow pupil at a gymnastics class along with insecurity brought about by her parents' separation and he beloved grandfather's death, were the catalysts for Nikki's long-term eating disorder. Aged just eight and weighing just under three stone, she was diagnosed as anorexic. For the next eight years, Nikki was in and out of institutions--seven in total--during which time she attempted suicide twice and had to be sedated up to four times a day so that she could be force-fed. At one point, she was sedated for fourteen days while doctors sewed a tube into her stomach, through which she was fed in order to get her weight out of the critical range. Nikki admits that she knew every anorexic's trick in the book: from breaking into hospital kitchens to water down full-fat milk, altering her diet sheet and switching name tags on food to ensure that she received smaller amounts, to even stuffing a door-stop down her trousers before a weigh-in. The extremes that she went to in order to avoid eating and find ways to exercise excessively shocked doctors who have worked in the field for years. As Nikki says, "I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic--and I was." This is the heart-rending and powerful story of a girl who lost her childhood but was brave enough to finally admit that she wanted to live again. With searing honesty, Nikki recounts her long and painful road to recovery, how she has had to come to terms with the long-term ramifications of her illness, how she coped with being in the Big Brother house and how she uses her new-found fame to promote awareness of eating disorders and to help those who are suffering from similar problems. This compelling book tells the story of an incredible journey.

LC Classification NumberRC552.A5