When 11-year-old Mallary Tenore Tarpley lost her mother due to cancer, she wanted to stop time. If growing up meant living without her mom, then she wanted to stay little forever. What started as small acts of food restriction soon turned into a full-blown eating disorder.
She shares her story in a powerful new memoir titled "Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery." The book blends Tarpley's compelling experience with her research about eating disorders.
Mallary teaches journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. Before that, she spent 10 years living in Florida, including working at the Tampa Bay Times, where she and "The Zest" host Dalia Colon were cub reporters.
Colon recently caught up with Mallary to discuss the book.
Tarpley will return to the Sunshine State for her book tour. Catch her Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg, in conversation with the city’s poet laureate, Gloria Muñoz.
