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Elena Dunkle

Biography

Elena Dunkle

Elena Dunkle spent her teenage years exploring the German countryside and considers Germany her second home. She was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa at the age of 17 and has always wanted to shed a light on her experiences with this complicated and misunder­stood disorder. Elena currently roams across America with her wonderful husband and her travel-size Chihuahua, Mimsy.

Elena Dunkle

Books by Elena Dunkle

by Elena Dunkle and Clare B. Dunkle - Nonfiction, Young Adult 13+

Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia. Told entirely from Elena's perspective over a five-year period and co-written with her mother, award-winning author Clare B. Dunkle, Elena's memoir is a fascinating and intimate look at a deadly disease, and a must-read for anyone who knows someone suffering from an eating disorder.