From celebrated author and illustrator Debbie Tung comes My Perfectly Imperfect Body a frank
honest and deeply vulnerable graphic memoir that chronicles the author's journey of overcoming
body-image struggles throughout her youth and young adult years. A Graphic Novels and Comics
Round Table (GNCRT) Outstanding Comics Award Honor for Best YA Nonfiction Debbie Tung has a
simple and gentle message: your body is worthy of being treated with kindness and love at any
size. Illustrated in her unique personal style Tung shares the experiences of her teenage
years and how growing into a mature body combined with teenage angst vulnerability and the
pressure on girls to be thin and pretty spiraled her into disordered eating. She became
obsessed with exercising and dieting but no matter how much weight she lost it was never
enough. She spent the next few years trying to heal her eating habits learning about self-love
and finally making peace with her body. My Perfectly Imperfect Body is her story and one she
shares with many survivors of a thin-obsessed media. She hopes her gentle comics provide a safe
space to rest on whichever healing journey you find yourself on as you read.
