Sad Perfect: A Novel
Stephanie Elliot
Mar 2025 · Macmillan + ORM
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Sixteen-year-old Pea looks normal, but she has a secret: she has Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, which means she can't eat very much because nutritious foods frighten her. Having ARFID is like having a monster inside of her, one that dictates what she can eat, what she does and who she socializes with. This monster is growing and controlling more than just her food issues – it's causing anxiety, depression and thoughts that she doesn't want to have. When she falls crazy-mad in love with Ben, she hides her disorder from him, pretending that she's fine. At first, everything really does feel like it's getting better with him around, so she stops taking her anxiety and depression medication. And that's when the monster really takes over her life. Just as everything seems lost and hopeless, Pea finds in her family, best friend, and Ben the support and strength that she needs to learn that her eating disorder doesn't have to control her. SAD PERFECT is a heart-wrenching debut from Stephanie Elliot.
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Lierre Bloch
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June 30, 2025
I also struggle with this disorder. I like how the author includes a love story to make it entertaining but also relating it to arfid :)
Dominique Lewis
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April 15, 2020
It was ok
About the author
Stephanie Elliot was inspired to write Sad Perfect by her own daughter's journey with ARFID, Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. She has written for a variety of websites and magazines and is a book reviewer, a parenting columnist, a mommy blogger, and an editor. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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