Ink in Water

Book 54 of my 2017 Reading Challenge
read from August 17 - August 27

**I received an electronic copy of this book via NetGalley and would like to thank the author and/or publisher for the opportunity to read and honestly review it**

Ink in Water: An Illustrated Memoir by Lacy J. Davis

Summary (via Goodreads)
As a young artist living in Portland, Lacy Davis’ eating disorder began with the germ of an idea: a seed of a thought that told her she just wasn’t good enough. And like ink in water, that idea spread until it reached every corner of her being. This is the true story of Lacy’s journey into the self-destructive world of multiple eating disorders. It starts with a young and positive Lacy, trying to grapple with our culture’s body-image obsession and stay true to her riot grrrl roots. And while she initially succeeds in overcoming a nagging rumination about her body, a break up with a recovering addict starts her on a collision course with anorexia, health food obsession, and compulsive exercise addiction. At the request of her last real friend, she starts going to a twelve-step Overeaters Anonymous course, only to find that it conflicts with her punk feminist ideology.

My Opinion
The graphic novel format was perfect for her memoir.  She was really raw about the ups and downs of her recovery.

I found it especially interesting when she was talking about the struggles of recovery and finding a program that worked for her when she was unsure about God so she used her grandmother as a source of power.