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'Raw, frank and utterly heartfelt, but full of love and joy too,
one of the most moving and uplifting memoirs I've ever read.' Daisy
Buchanan 'Evanna's account of overcoming an eating disorder gives
an unsparing insight into the mental health system, and the journey
to true recovery. A beautifully courageous and honest memoir.'
Bonnie Wright 'As well as charting her adolescent battle with
anorexia, it offers a darkly compelling, highly topical account of
journeying from girlhood to womanhood in the spotlight of global
celebrity.' The Mail on Sunday 'A raw and powerful memoir, it
shares lessons banishing self-hatred.' The Sunday Telegraph
'Gradually, I began to feel this dawning awareness that womanhood
was coming for me, that it was looming inevitably, and it didn't
feel safe...' Evanna Lynch has long been viewed as a role model for
people recovering from anorexia and the story of her casting as
Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films has reached almost mythic
proportions. Here, in her fascinating new memoir, Evanna confronts
all the complexities and contradictions within herself and reveals
how she overcame a life-threatening eating disorder, began to
conquer her self-hate and confronted her fear of leaving the
neatness and safety of girlhood for the unpredictable journey of
being a woman, all in the glare of the spotlight of international
fame. Delving into the very heart of a woman's relationship with
her own body, Evanna explores the pivotal moments and choices in
her life that led her down the path of creativity and dreaming and
away from the empty pursuit of perfection, and reaches towards
acceptance of the wild, sensual and unpredictable reality of
womanhood. This is a story of the tragedy and the glory of growing
up, of mourning girlhood and stepping into the unknown, and how
that act of courage is the most magical and creatively liberating
thing a woman can do.
'As well as charting her adolescent battle with anorexia, it offers
a darkly compelling, highly topical account of journeying from
girlhood to womanhood in the spotlight of global celebrity.' The
Mail on Sunday 'A raw and powerful memoir, it shares lessons
banishing self-hatred.' The Sunday Telegraph 'Gradually, I began to
feel this dawning awareness that womanhood was coming for me, that
it was looming inevitably, and it didn't feel safe...' Evanna Lynch
has long been viewed as a role model for people recovering from
anorexia and the story of her casting as Luna Lovegood in the Harry
Potter films has reached almost mythic proportions. Here, in her
fascinating new memoir, Evanna confronts all the complexities and
contradictions within herself and reveals how she overcame a
life-threatening eating disorder, began to conquer her self-hate
and confronted her fear of leaving the neatness and safety of
girlhood for the unpredictable journey of being a woman, all in the
glare of the spotlight of international fame. Delving into the very
heart of a woman's relationship with her own body, Evanna explores
the pivotal moments and choices in her life that led her down the
path of creativity and dreaming and away from the empty pursuit of
perfection, and reaches towards acceptance of the wild, sensual and
unpredictable reality of womanhood. This is a story of the tragedy
and the glory of growing up, of mourning girlhood and stepping into
the unknown, and how that act of courage is the most magical and
creatively liberating thing a woman can do.
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