The Mind Of Abby McDonald

Abby McDonald had all the answers. She was sagacious and a perfectionist at heart, she had originality and initiative in dealing with new and difficult circumstances. But sometimes being perfect can come at a cost. After her encounter with ED, a fickle friend, who comes out of her bedroom wall one day as a dark little snowman and tethers itself to her, she finally realizes that her inveterate calorie counting and food restriction ways aren't the solution. When even her lovely boyfriend Malcom couldn't seem to respond to her pertinacious insistence that a monster lived inside her wall, Abby considered that perhaps that monster didn't exist at all. That what she feared was actually her eating disorder manifesting itself as a monster and that no one could save Abby but Abby herself. But in saving herself, she had to reveal unresolved conflict, accept her flaws, and visit dark icky places. Will she be able to expel ED on her own? Or will she remain forever teetering on the edge of terror and danger, succumbing to her despair?

This book contains a plethora of emotions and elucidates the struggles Abby faced with her eating disorder. It takes you through a dialogue between her and her mind, which was portrayed as a seemingly innocuous monster. I thought of many ways to write this book, and I found that the best way was to deflect with a little bit of humour. Mental illness can be a scary thing, but when it's shaped like a small snowman, it can somehow seem a little less intimidating.