Download or read book The Hungry Self written by Kim Chernin and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1986 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some five million American women suffer from eating disorders ranging from compulsive dieting to compulsive eating, anorexia, and bulimia. THE HUNGRY SELF explores the often troubled relationship between mothers and daughters and how daughters of all ages and backgrounds often flee the struggle for identity and self-development into an obsession with food. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.