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Book review "Herzens Sucht"

The roman "Herzens Sucht" is written by Birgit Schlieper. It was published in the year 2008. The book is about a 15 years old girl, her name is Nele. She is anorexic and explains the causes and consequences of this dangerous addiction and sickness.

The reasons why Nele is anorexic is that she is searching for the acceptation of her friends and of her family. In fact she means that her parents prefer her brother Robert who does a practical in England. After a collapse in gym she was taken in the hospital. There the doctor diagnosed the sickness anorexia, but Nele doesn´t agree with his diagnosis. After her stay at the hospital she wants to slim down. In the autumn holidays her parents take her for two weeks to a special clinic for anorexic persons. There she gets to know a boy called Lars that has cancer. They get good friends. After two weeks and the see off Nele understands that she can´t solve her problems by herself in the way of hungering.

In my opinion this roman is very hard but interesting because it describes in a clearly way the live of an anorexic girl, her feelings, her thoughts, her fears, her wishes and hopes. I recommend this book to all people interested in that topic and especially to all girls that tend to hunger.