An Apple a Day: A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia

By Emma Woolf

"I haven’t tasted chocolate for over ten years and now I’m walking down the street unwrapping a Kit Kat. Remember when Kate Moss said, ‘Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’? She’s wrong: chocolate does."

For Christmas I’m giving myself a fresh start. I have to get some extra pounds of weight under my belt; I want to make next year the year that everything changes.

At the age of 32, Emma Woolf decided to face the biggest challenge of her life: to let go of her addiction to hunger, exercise and control, and finally beat anorexia. Having met the man of her dreams (and wanting a future and a baby together), she decided it was time to stop starving and start living. And as if that wasn’t enough pressure, Emma also agreed to chart her progress in a weekly column for The Times.

Honest, hard-hitting and yet romantic, 'An Apple a Day' is a compelling and life-affirming true story of love and recovery.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Summersdale Publishers Ltd
• Release date: May 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9780857656919

Emma Woolf

Emma Woolf is a popular radio and TV personality, author and journalist whose expertise, honesty and humour have touched readers at every age, weight and stage of their lives. A co-presenter on Channel 4’s Supersize vs Superskinny, Emma has also had a weekly column in The Times and appeared on BBC2’s Newsnight, Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Four Thought and as a regular arts critic on Saturday Review. Follow her on Twitter @EJWoolf.

Reviews for An Apple a Day

[kissmeimgone · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

One of the most down to earth books on anorexia and recovery that I've come across, I couldn't put this book down. Emma Woolf, the great-niece of Virginia Woolf, comes to develop anorexia at age 19 after a serious heart break with her first true adult relationship. After over a decade of letting anorexia run her life, Emma decides to attempt recovery giving it her all in order to be able to get her life back on track and to hopefully be able to have a baby and start a family with her long term boyfriend Tom. I can't express in words how much I recommend this book for anyone wanting a genuine insight on recovering or attempting recovery from anorexia.