Starved: A Nutrition Doctor's Journey from Empty to Full

At the age of four, Anne McTiernan is left by her mother at boarding school. Overwhelmed with sadness at the neglect she experiences there, Anne starves herself emotionally and physically. A doctor, appalled by her excessive weight loss, forces Anne's mother to take her home, but she is still not safe. Set in working-class, Irish-American Boston in the 1950s-60s, Anne moves from a state of malnutrition to obesity and obsessive eating. Without the love and support of her family, Anne decides that she must take full responsibility for her life during her final eighteen months as a minor. Today, as a doctor and researcher, Anne has helped thousands of women improve their relationship with food - but this is not their story. Starved is the compelling story of how Anne used hard work, undaunted intelligence and perseverance to turn the adversity she faced as a child into a strength and skill set that would later help her meet the demands of her career.