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A mother and daughter detail their experiences coping with the daughter's eating disorder and address how the disorder affected their relationship and family as well as the recovery process.

A biography of the author's son, who died at seventeen after a fourteen-month illness caused by a brain tumor.

On cover: The moving story of Roosevelt's massive disability--and the intense efforts to conceal it from the public.

Elizabeth Glaser, founder of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, relates her family's fight against AIDS with inspired aggressiveness.

Relates the life story of Jim Eisenreich, a baseball player now with the Philadelphia Phillies, who has had to contend with Tourette's syndrome but has continued to play the game he loves.

Looks at the life and career of American cyclist Lance Armstrong, four-time winner of the Tour de France, and winner of numerous other championships.

Severely burned as a child, Katherine is now eighteen and trying to make peace between her inner, true self and the scarred exterior that everyone sees.