table in the darkness

One of my besties gifted all the girls in our book club

with this book at Christmas.

Cindy is lucky enough to work with the author Lee Wolfe Bloom

at the Melrose Center for Eating Disorders in St. Louis Park.

 

 

Last night we had the honor and privilege to

have this talented author join us at our

monthly book club.

 

 

You know how sometimes when you have an

image of what someone will be like, you are disappointed?

Well LeeWolfe (as her father calls her) did not

disappoint.

 

Lee was honest, sincere, funny and just really fun to

hang out with. I told another friend on the phone this morning,

that I would love to have her as a neighbor. When she told us

that she calls her sister Walter, after the children's book

Walter the Farting Dog, I knew we could be friends.

(Her kind sister never wants to hurt anyone's feelings, and

is a peacekeeper, thus leaving Lee afraid that she'll

eventually just blow up from holding all her feelings in!  Walter does this

 in the book and he eventually blows up.) 

 

Lee told us about her desire to share the story of surviving

an eating disorder- but how scary it is to talk about your

childhood, with all it's complexities when your

parents are still alive.

 

She answered a whole lot of questions from us and she

is as interesting and fun to be around as I was hoping!

I didn't want her to leave....

 

This is a good book friends. If you know anyone who has,

or is struggling with disordered eating, you will get an inside look

at what their daily life is like and hopefully it will help you

understand them better.~

AND~

it is possible to get well and that is the

beauty and truth of her story. 

 

 

I cannot believe I forgot to bring my camera and

so I don't have any photos to share, but can I just say

that it was a lovely evening in my friend Mary's newly

remodeled home. After we sat and talked

about eating disorders for a long time, we gathered

around her table and filled our plates with

a whole bunch of really fun, decadent food and chowed down.

 

 

I love to chow down.

 

 

xo