![]() Part Two documents her deliberate and systematic starvation in less than a year, she loses nearly half her body weight. These binge-and-purge cycles looked almost sane in comparison to what came next. As I read it, I assumed that this was her "rock bottom" scene, and that Part Two would narrate her recovery. A heartbreaking moment at the end of Part One ends with Portia on the floor of the parking garage at the Four Seasons, having a complete meltdown in front of her unsympathetic manager. The cycle becomes increasingly severe after she lands a role on Ally McBeal. Her story begins with her childhood as a teen model in Australia, where she develops a habit of dieting before photo shoots (and rewarding herself with food afterwards), a habit that evolves into more extreme bingeing and purging over the years. ![]() In this two-part memoir, actress Portia de Rossi describes her descent into, and recovery from, anorexia and bulimia. ![]()
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