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Skin and Bones

October 9, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Skin and Bones: talking about teens and eating disorders, a guest post by author Sherry Shahan

Years ago I wrote a quirky short story about teens in an Eating Disorders Unit of a metropolitan hospital. Sort of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” meets “Love Story.”  Fast Facts: 2 out of every 100 students struggles with an eating disorder My then agent encouraged me to expand the short story (now Skin […]

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