Seeking Control: A Memoir

On the surface, this memoir follows the journey of an Autistic and OCD-riddled teenager struggling with Anorexia. At its core, this story is about the human need for power and control in one's own life. Through diary entries and detailed recollections of life before, during, and after "Ed" (a personification of her eating disorder) took over Hope's life, she illustrates the lengths humans will go to in order to regain a sense of control and freedom. Through the intersection of Autistic, anxiety-prone, OCD-inflicted, and Anorexic lenses, this story shows the effects of the personified voices inside of one individual and how, sometimes, the characters created to feel in-control of one's life ironically cause powerless.

• | Author: Hope Jacobson
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Jul 11, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 91 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1079316388
• | ISBN-13: 9781079316384