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“Before I got unwell, we were as close as you could get as mother and daughter”
Emily Simmonds, 23, tells Jane Garvey on Woman’s Hour how her mother struggled to understand her battle with anorexia. She also gives tips to mothers in the same situation on how they can support their children. Emily appeared on the show with her dad, Mark, who has written about her illness and the impact his own mental health struggles had on his family in his book Breakdown and Repair.
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