Book Categories: Memoirs
A memoir is a historical story or biography written from personal memories or special sources such as diaries or journals. It’s a book about your life, the lessons learned, and key moments that shaped who you are. My memoir, A Girl Called Tim, is about my experience with an eating disorder.
A Girl Called Tim
I was 11 years old, in Grade Six at primary school, when I developed a mental illness called anorexia nervosa. It starved my body and I became emaciated. Eventually I gained weight and everyone, including me, thought I was well again. But anorexia hid inside my brain, and continued to...
Free - 'A Girl Called Tim' Podcast
In this free podcast, Dr June Alexander reads her memoir, written almost entirely from her diaries, which she began writing at the age of 12.
Dear Diary
Articles
The diary, a book in which a daily record of events and personal experiences can be kept, offers a window into life in the past.
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