Title:
The
Disappearing Girl
Author:
Heather
Topham Wood
Release
date: May
7, 2013
Age
Group: New
Adult
Genre:
Contemporary
Romance
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Description:
Kayla Marlowe is slowly vanishing…
Last year, Kayla’s world imploded. Her beloved father died, leaving her alone with a narcissistic mother who is quick to criticize her daughter’s appearance. During her winter break from college, Kayla’s dangerous obsession with losing weight begins.
Kayla feels like her world changes for the better overnight. Being skinny seems to be the key to the happiness she has desperately been seeking. Her mother and friends shower her with compliments, telling her how fantastic she looks. Kayla is starving, but no one knows it.
Cameron Bennett explodes into Kayla’s life. He’s sexy and kind—he has every quality she has been looking for in a guy. As Cameron grows closer to Kayla and learns of how far she’s willing to go to stay thin, he becomes desperate to save her.
Kayla’s struggles with anorexia and bulimia reach a breaking point and she is forced to confront her body image issues in order to survive. She wonders if Cameron could be the one to help heal her from the pain of her past.
New Adult Contemporary-Ages 17+ due to language and sexual situations.
Last year, Kayla’s world imploded. Her beloved father died, leaving her alone with a narcissistic mother who is quick to criticize her daughter’s appearance. During her winter break from college, Kayla’s dangerous obsession with losing weight begins.
Kayla feels like her world changes for the better overnight. Being skinny seems to be the key to the happiness she has desperately been seeking. Her mother and friends shower her with compliments, telling her how fantastic she looks. Kayla is starving, but no one knows it.
Cameron Bennett explodes into Kayla’s life. He’s sexy and kind—he has every quality she has been looking for in a guy. As Cameron grows closer to Kayla and learns of how far she’s willing to go to stay thin, he becomes desperate to save her.
Kayla’s struggles with anorexia and bulimia reach a breaking point and she is forced to confront her body image issues in order to survive. She wonders if Cameron could be the one to help heal her from the pain of her past.
New Adult Contemporary-Ages 17+ due to language and sexual situations.
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Review
Genre: family drama,emotional,review copy,NA,romance
The Disappearing Girl is so effective as eating disorder discussion piece because Heather Topham Wood does not focus on one opinion. Instead she seems to take the role of mediator and whilst the reader sees Kayla slowly deteriorate before our eyes Kayla justifies her bingeing/purging and undereating. She also has the support of the Pro-Ana group whose arguments the reader hears for staying thin and whilst many of us may not understand these there are males and females everywhere who feel the reality of this everyday.
On the other hand, Heather Topham Wood provides Lila and Cameron who are desperate to save Kayla from self-destruction. Cameron thinks he can do this by loving her, but he is met with anger.
The Disappearing Girl is emotive and honestly written. Heather Topham Wood has not been reticent in her story-telling, especially with her characterisation and in the relationships between Kayla and those around her, which is really important. A very good book.
Rating:
The Disappearing Girl is so effective as eating disorder discussion piece because Heather Topham Wood does not focus on one opinion. Instead she seems to take the role of mediator and whilst the reader sees Kayla slowly deteriorate before our eyes Kayla justifies her bingeing/purging and undereating. She also has the support of the Pro-Ana group whose arguments the reader hears for staying thin and whilst many of us may not understand these there are males and females everywhere who feel the reality of this everyday.
On the other hand, Heather Topham Wood provides Lila and Cameron who are desperate to save Kayla from self-destruction. Cameron thinks he can do this by loving her, but he is met with anger.
The Disappearing Girl is emotive and honestly written. Heather Topham Wood has not been reticent in her story-telling, especially with her characterisation and in the relationships between Kayla and those around her, which is really important. A very good book.
Rating:
About the Author
Heather
Topham Wood’s obsession with novels began in childhood while growing up in a
shore town in New Jersey. Writing since her teens, she recently returned to
penning novels after a successful career as a freelance writer. She’s the
author of the paranormal romance Second
Sight series and the standalone The
Disappearing Girl.
Heather graduated from the College of New Jersey in 2005 and
holds a bachelor's degree in English. Her freelance work has appeared in
publications such as USA Today,
Livestrong.com, Outlook by the Bay
and Step in Style magazine. She
resides in Trenton, New Jersey with her husband and two sons. Besides writing,
Heather is a pop culture fanatic and has an obsession with supernatural novels
and TV shows.
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