La faim du petit poids

Synopsis of La faim du petit poids

«La faim du petit poids: Chroniques anorexiques» is the personal testimony of Alexia Savey, published by Editions Kawa in paperback (242 pages, in French).

Alexia Savey recounts in this diary her experience with anorexia nervosa: symptoms, consequences, and physical and psychological mechanisms of the illness, described from within. Far from a scientific treatise, her syncopated writing creates a hypnotic narrative that shapes the disorder as a monster or malevolent double, and denounces the powerlessness of the medical establishment.

Published in 2015, it is Alexia Savey's first book, written at age 18, with a foreword by Marina Carrère d'Encausse.

For those who suffer from or live with an eating disorder and readers interested in real testimonies about mental health.