The Life of a Real Girl

About the Book

(If no enough space in back cover, pls ignore the last one or two reviews. PSA_SH) Compulsive eating, anorexia. Drug addiction. Psychoanalysis. Mental hospitalization. Sexual hang-ups. Plastic surgery. A tragic love affair. In this remarkably frank autobiography, we see how Johanna Garfield grappled with her personal demons and emerged triumphant.

"Candid, witty and intensely moving."

—The Times (London)

"Eloquent...profoundly moving....A stirring testament to the strength and vitality of the human spirit."

—Lynn Caine

"A rivetingly human account of reality all too easily lost and most painfully recovered."

—Company Magazine (London)

"Gripping reading...Garfield writes like an angel."

—Erica Abeel, New Woman

"An incredible story...Inspiring...I couldn't put it down."

—Jennifer Rehm, WNWS, Miami

About the Author

Johanna Garfield's articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Reader's Digest and numerous other publications. She has lectured and taught writing classes at the New School, New York University, and other metropolitan area colleges and high schools. Her book Cousins, also republished by Authors Guild/Backinprint.com, provides the first in-depth look at that unique and powerful relationship.