I was married to man who is eating disordered, and explored his struggle with that illness and my growing understanding of my role as an enabler in my first book: Bitter Ice: a memoir of love, food, and obsession (Wm. Morrow/Rob Weisbach, 1999). Next, in hopes of not being a one-book author, I wrote a novel that helped me understand how to forgive and grow past the vulnerabilities that led me into my marriage. That manuscript still sits in my computer. In 2002, while working as a Policy Analyst for the Rural School and Community Trust, I was the chief researcher and more...
