Fragile: A heart-breaking story of a lifelong battle with anorexia by Nikki Grah

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'The figure looking back at me was little more than a skeleton with just a thin layer of tissue paper for skin, drawn over the stick-like bones. I stood staring for a good couple of minutes, considering what I'd become. And my verdict? Brilliant, I thought. It's been worth every moment of all that hard work.'

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Say the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubbly, highly strung and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she has forged a successful career for herself in presenting and writing. Yet Nikki isn't just another reality television contestant and her life story is not like any other you will ever read. From the age of eight until she was nineteen. Nikki battled anorexia nervosa but few cases have been quite as extreme as hers. Aged just eight and weighing just under three stone, Nikki was diagnosed as anorexic. For the next eight years, she was in and out of institutions - eleven in total - during which time she attempted suicide twice and had to be sedated up to four times a day so that she could be force-fed. At one point, she was sedated for fourteen days while doctors sewed a tube into her stomach, through which she was fed to get her weight out of the critical range. The lengths that she went to in order to avoid eating and find ways to exercise excessively shocked doctors who have worked in the field for years.As Nikki says, 'I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic - and I was.' With searing honesty, Nikki recounts her long and painful road to recovery, how she has had to come to terms with the long-term ramification of her illness, how she coped with being in the Big Brother house and how she uses her new-found fame to promote awareness of eating disorders and to help those who are suffering from similar problems. This compelling book tells the story of an incredible journey.

Notes

Nikki Grahame became a household name after her time on Big Brother 7 and has since commentated on the show in her column for OK magazine. A popular celebrity with glossy magazines - interviews and extracts are scheduled with OK. This is the true story of her battle with anorexia, being in and out of institutions, her health concerns along the way and how she pulled through in the end.

Author Biography

Nikki Grahame was the author of the book Fragile: A Heartbreaking Story of a Lifelong Battle with Anorexia. Between eight and nineteen years old, Nikki was in and out of hospitals and institutions as she battled with anorexia nervosa. Nikki's time as a contestant in Big Brother 7 made her a household name and, after leaving the house, she established a career in the media. Nikki devoted much of her spare time to increasing awareness of eating disorders, and hoped that by sharing her life story, she would help others too.

Long Description

Say the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubbly, highly strung and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she has forged a successful career for herself in presenting and writing. Yet Nikki isn't just another reality television contestant and her life story is not like any other you will ever read. From the age of eight until she was nineteen. Nikki battled anorexia nervosa but few cases have been quite as extreme as hers. Aged just eight and weighing just under three stone, Nikki was diagnosed as anorexic. For the next eight years, she was in and out of institutions - eleven in total - during which time she attempted suicide twice and had to be sedated up to four times a day so that she could be force-fed. At one point, she was sedated for fourteen days while doctors sewed a tube into her stomach, through which she was fed to get her weight out of the critical range. The lengths that she went to in order to avoid eating and find ways to exercise excessively shocked doctors who have worked in the field for years.As Nikki says, 'I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic - and I was.' With searing honesty, Nikki recounts her long and painful road to recovery, how she has had to come to terms with the long-term ramification of her illness, how she coped with being in the Big Brother house and how she uses her new-found fame to promote awareness of eating disorders and to help those who are suffering from similar problems. This compelling book tells the story of an incredible journey.

Details ISBN1857826612 Author Nikki Grahame Year 2012 ISBN-10 1857826612 ISBN-13 9781857826616 Media Book Imprint John Blake Publishing Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 362.25092 Short Title FRAGILE Language English Publication Date 2012-05-01 Format Paperback Publisher John Blake Publishing Ltd UK Release Date 2012-05-01 AU Release Date 2012-05-01 NZ Release Date 2012-05-01 Audience General Pages 352 Subtitle A heart-breaking story of a lifelong battle with anorexia We've got this

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