Hope and Other Luxuries: A Mother's Life with a Daughter's Anorexia

Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life—two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But it's when you let…

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