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A writer learns to embrace her imperfect recovery from an eating disorder
By Alicia Garceau When Mallary Tenore Tarpley was 11 years old, her mother died from breast cancer. Her father, who was reeling from his wife’s death and at a loss to guide his daughter through puberty, gave Tarpley a subscription to a teen magazine. Instead of finding helpful advice about her changing body, Tarpley saw…