4. Eating Disorders. These disorders are most commonly seen among young girls and women. They include anorexia nervosa (obsession with eating very little and exercising obsessively) bulimia nervosa (binging and purging) and binge eating disorders. Secretive behavior, social withdrawal and health issues can point to these disorders.
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Plot Overview. Edna Annie Proulx (pronounced PROO) was born in 1935 in Norwich, Connecticut, which was her motherâs ancestral ground. For young Annie, Norwich was only a temporary home: the Proulx family, headed by a driven textile-executive father, moved frequently. Eventually they settled in Vermont, where Proulx attended the University of Vermont and studied history. Proulxâs studies continued in Canada, at Montrealâs Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University), where Proulx became immersed in the philosophies of the French Annales school.