The Weight of Beautiful

Jackie Goldschneider, star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey , bravely chronicles her decades-long battle with anorexia and public journey to recovery in this “courageously candid” ( Kirkus Reviews ) memoir. All Jackie Goldschneider ever wanted was to be thin. As a child, she’d stand in front of the mirror, sucking in her stomach and arching her back to feel her ribs, praying to see a model-like figure looking back. As an obese teen, lonely and tormented by her weight, her doctor encouraged h