Gaining The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

Nearly three decades after she detailed her first battle with an eating disorder in Solitaire, Aimee Liu returns with a powerful and poignant investigation into the true causes and consequences of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Much more than a memoir, GAINING draws on cutting-edge research and the vividly told stories of over forty interview subjects to shatter commonly held beliefs. Liu reveals that the tendency to develop an eating disorder has little to do with age, culture, class-or weight. Genetics, however, play a key role. So do temperament, anxiety, depression, and shame.

Aimee Liu is the author of a groundbreaking account of anorexia nervosa, Solitaire. She has also written three highly acclaimed novels, Flash House, Cloud Mountain and Face. Liu is the former president of PEN West, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.