La petite fille qui ne voulait pas grossir

Synopsis of La petite fille qui ne voulait pas grossir

«La petite fille qui ne voulait pas grossir» is the autobiography of Isabelle Caro, published by Flammarion in paperback and in French.

Isabelle Caro recounts her battle against anorexia: how she reached extreme thinness, what led her to stop eating, and how she copes with the gaze of others. She tells of her appearance on Le Droit de savoir and the advertising campaign in which she posed naked to denounce the illness, and condemns family blindness, medical indifference, and the contempt of some hospitals. Confinement and hope, love and death.

Originally published on 14 May 2008.

For readers interested in autobiographical testimonies about mental health and eating disorders.