Book description
A raw, compelling memoir from actress and activist Evanna Lynch detailing her rise to fame as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter movies while facing disordered eating, and how she learned to navigate the path between fears and dreamsāfor readers ofĀ Jennette McCurdy's I'm Glad My Mom Died and Tomā¦
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This is the memoir of Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter.
I'd known she struggled with some mental health issues, including anorexia, but I wasn't prepared for the honest, poetic way Ms. Lynch would tell her story. Many books about eating disorders focus on the mechanics of it. She's up front, from the beginning, that she's not going to focus on that because it would have triggered her during the height of her disorder.
Instead, she walks readers through how she felt, what she was thinking, and the ways in which she struggled. I listened to theā¦
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