The Monster Within by Cynthia Rowland McClure

Cynthia lives a harrowing secret life, battling a relentless inner voice that commands her to destroy herself through compulsive cycles of binge eating and purging. As a television news writer, she maintains a successful professional facade while desperately hiding her profound agony and dangerous reliance on pills. Tormented by deep self-hatred and an empty soul, she cries out to God, praying for an end to her relentless suffering. This raw and gripping memoir exposes the agonizing reality of an eating disorder and the desperate fight for survival from within.