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A powerful and disturbing novel that deals with eating disorders and the shadow of the past.“I did it so they'd stop me,” Emma said, when she was caught stealing biscuits from a supermarket. But Emma is hiding behind her tough words and her waif-like body...Emma is sixteen and anorexic. Why does she do it? Is it her parents' indifference, the long family silences, the lies they tell each other? Emma wants to know. She wants to understand.When she discovers an old notebook in her grand-parents' house, disturbing secrets emerge that demand an answer.