Love Bade Me Eat

In this searingly honest, at times humorous, deeply moving account, Love Bade Me Eat shares one woman’s encounter with the Love that rescues her from the clutches of chronic, life-threatening anorexia.

Raised in the UK, autistic and a gifted child musician, Alys experiences a nervous breakdown at 14 whilst being educated at two of the top music schools in Britain.  She spirals into a decades-long battle with severe and enduring anorexia, complex PSTD, self-harm and a host of other mental health conditions.

At 44, broken, her family in tatters, and trapped in a relentless merry-go-round of psychiatric hospitalisations, Alys has a life-changing encounter with `The Shepherd’.  So begins a powerful and moving `love story’ in which the multifaceted layers of Alys’ illnesses are slowly and gently unpeeled, to bring her to a place of healing and hope.  

An account that describes not only the compelling narrative of Alys’ journey into and out of anorexia, but the life-giving truths that unlock that transformation.

The message of Love Bade Me Eat will touch not only those affected by eating disorders and their associated conditions, but anyone seeking a deeper – or perhaps first – encounter with the Love from which they came.

About the author
Alys Cavanagh uses her musical gift, together with speaking and writing, to communicate a message of hope and love in hospitals, residential services and other community settings. She is also a wife, mum and carer living in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.