
Kid Rex
The Inspiring True Account of a Life Salvaged from Despair, Anorexia and Dark Days in New York City
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Arielle DeLisle
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Laura Moisin
After knowing friends with anorexia and being baffled by their behavior, Laura Moisin suddenly found herself prone to the same disease - not eating at all and going weeks at a time consuming nothing but water and the occasional black coffee. Deceiving therapists by misleading them with symptoms of depression, her anorexia is prolonged, and her health deteriorates rapidly.
Recognizing that she has a serious disorder, she quickly finds a therapist working at her university and openly confesses that she’s an anorexic seeking treatment. Her therapist looks at her doubtfully and says, shockingly, "No, I don’t think you’re an anorexic.”
Already swirling in a state of confusion, the attacks on New York’s World Trade Center - an event the author witnessed first-hand from her apartment - only accelerate her path to further self-destruction.
Without preaching, this memoir offers a reassuring first-hand voice for the many who suffer silently, and provides strength for family and friends to help heal destructive behaviors.
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Poor little rich girl
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I sadly could not relate. The narrator sounded self-involved and out of touch with the illness.
I also learned that unless you have money and support, you will not recover.
If you are an elitist...get this book
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Had a hard time finishing this book
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All right, joking aside this author is EXTREMELY hard to relate to. It almost became laughable towards the end on what kind of strange or ridiculous thing she would say next. She never says or does anything anything mean, silly, or stupid (unless you count her laughing at her mom misunderstanding the lyrics to "Jammin") like any normal flawed person would do. This really seems like a facade that she is trying to pass of as her actual persona, but I am not her so i cannot say for sure.
Secondly, she really only discusses her eating disorder about one third of the book. I understand that her backstory and personal dilemmas are supposed to add insight to her disorder, except it really doesn't. Aside from her talking about her perfectionism, everything else just seems like filler. The only really enjoyable part of the book as when she is in rehab as you finally get to hear about her struggle with anorexia. Which is why I wanted to read this book in the first place. I found the chapter on 9/11 also particularly frustrating, but this may just be a personal problem as I was born close to NYC. Why she feels the need to put in that someone took a picture of her in fashionable outfit after the towers collapsed is lost on me outside of pure vanity.
The only way I can recommend this book is as a "so bad its funny" kind of read. Though that was certainly not what I was looking for when I bought this. For most people I would say save your money and go read " Unbearable Lightness" by Portia De Rossi. She wrote a very compelling and clever book that was raw and full of relatable human experiences that everyone can relate to whether or not they have had an eating disorder or not.
Possibly the Most Unrelatedable Author Ever
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My favorite Audible ED book so far is Loud in the House of Myself. Give that one a listen!!
Whiny Privileged Author - Couldn't Finish Book
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Would you try another book from Laura Moisin and/or Arielle DeLisle?
NoHas Kid Rex turned you off from other books in this genre?
No, I have read many books relating to eating disorders. This was just a bad one.How could the performance have been better?
Maybe the book would have been better if read. The narrator had a young whiny voice that made the litany of complaints the author was spewing all the more irritating.If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Kid Rex?
Oh god, she MUST have known someone to have gotten this pushed through.Any additional comments?
I am angry with this "author". Not for being anorexic, but for her attitude toward every single person that has tried to help her. She is very fortunate to have the opportunity to attend a wonderful college and have her own apartment. To see doctor after doctor (though she lied to them all and then got mad at them for their incompetence). She had her choice between Renfrew and Remuda Ranch but had nothing but petty, childish complaints to report. If you want to listen to a privilaged whiny girl complain about just about everything, this is the book for you. I also have a feeling that she grossly exagerated her condition. Ex. She stated that for years, she had nothing but one glass of water per day. This is not possible. She would have collapsed from dehydration at the very least. She desperately tries to show how smart she is by using unnecessarily large words and pretentious phrases. I know authors have the right to embelish but it has to be believeable. Don't waste your time.Whine-fest
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Save yourself the time and money!
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I've read many books from this genre. This one made me angry, and as I continued to listen I felt less and less empathetic for the author. I hate to be so negative, but the only good thing about this book was when I was finished with it. In hind-sight I should have cut my losses and saved myself the time.
It was only personally interesting in that what evoked as I continued through the chapters was anorexia schadenfreude. This author has so many character flaws and delusional selfish views in her pretentious little bubble of a polished world, I was honestly happy when she got kicked out of NYU, and then got hit by a car. Awful, right? Who thinks that way? I'm honestly a very nice person. I swear.
Blah, blah, NY, Manhattan, Self-contradiction, boo-hoo, blah.
Kid Brat: Uninspiring vapid delusional tirades....
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