SLIM DECEPTION, FAT REFLECTION: ONE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE WITH BULIMIA. Yelinek, Deborah. Winnipeg. Kindred Press, 1987. 97pp, paper, $10.75, ISBN 0-919797-61-X. Adult Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Volume 16 Number 2 1988 March Deborah Yelinek is a freelance writer from Durban, Manitoba, She suffered from bulimia, and this is her story. Slim Deception, Fat Reflection is her first book. Bulimia is an eating disorder similar to anorexia nervosa. Sufferers have a distorted perception of their own body and rather than diet to the point of starvation, binge and then purge their bodies by vomiting or taking laxatives. Deborah Yelinek describes her mental anguish as she faced the fact that she had a problem and found help from her physician and found faith to overcome it. The first three parts of this book tell Deborah's story as a bulimia sufferer. The solution that she found was based on her Christian faith as well as medical and nutritional counselling. Part Four of the book (about ten pages) explains the disorder, its causes, effects and symptoms. This is factual information that is useful to the reader. This small book has no index or illustrations, but does have an informative table of contents as well as a short but useful bibliography. For factual information on bulimia the researcher would likely find the same or better information in a medical dictionary or in the articles listed in the bibliography: the Oct. 1983 issue of Newsweek, or the June 1984 issue of Chatelaine. I would not really recommend this book as a first purchase for a school library, but as support material it is an interesting if not gripping story. Catherine R. Cox, Moncton High School, Moncton, N.B.