Book Club: Unbearable Lightness

Author: Portia de Rossi

Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2010)

As a child model in her native Australia, actress Portia de Rossi dreamed of a career in Hollywood. When her big break came, she weighed only 82 pounds. In this unflinching account of her struggle with anorexia and bulimia, de Rossi recounts the things she put her body through in the name of looking good. At the time, de Rossi alternated between binging and starving herself, all the while fearing her sexual orientation would be exposed in the tabloids. With Unbearable Lightness, de Rossi shines a light on a dark subject by inspiring hope that will nourish the spirit. Available at www.chapters.indigo.ca