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Emily Wierenga, daughter of
Ernest and Yvonne Dow of Blyth,
has hit it big with her words once
again, hoping to do more than sell
books, but to also make a difference
in the world.
Her latest book, Chasing
Silhouettes, has sold out six times on
the online retailer Amazon and
currently sits at number one atop the
list of pastoral counselling books on
the Canadian version of the website.
Wierenga’s book deals with eating
disorders and how to help a loved
one through such an ordeal.
Wierenga has fought the battle
herself several times, coming out of
the other side of the tunnel. She is
now well, free of eating disorders
and she is living her life with her
family (she is married and has four
sons, two of which are adopted).
Wierenga, however, acknowledges
that it is an ongoing struggle with the
constant threat of a relapse.
Wierenga’s new project is split
into several distinct parts. It begins
with her telling her own harrowing
story, up through growing up with
her parents and even touching on
recent events.
She then turns to her journalistic
side and interviews her family
members and friends, getting their
perspective of the time she spent
with an eating disorder (in
Wierenga’s case it was anorexia
nervosa).
She then moves into theprofessional portion of the book,featuring advice and best practices
from notable experts in the field of
eating disorder treatment.
The book then concludes with
recommended prayers.
Wierenga says she is also careful
to touch on how eating disorders
affect men, as she says that 20 per
cent of modern day eating disorder
cases are attributed to men.
She says the advice being relayed
in the book is aimed at everyone
who is touched by someone with an
eating disorder, from family
members and friends all the way to
the person suffering with the
disorder.
“This is definitely not the book I
wanted to write,” Wierenga said in
an interview with The Citizen from
her Alberta home. “But it was the
book I felt I needed to write.”
Looking back on her own story,
Wierenga said she didn’t feel like
her struggle with anorexia nervosa
began with her family. She said there
were plenty of environmental
factors, as well as a genetic
disposition, but that relationships
with her family and friends certainly
played a part.
Wierenga says that while the
majority of her struggles with the
disorder happened when she was
younger, she had a relapse as a
young mother after giving birth to
her first son.
Since coming to terms with the
KEITH ELLIOTT
MONTGOMERY
Keith Montgomery of Wingham
passed away at Wingham and
District Hospital on Tuesday, Nov.
20, 2012. He was 74.
Keith was the beloved husband of
Margaret (Voisin) Montgomery and
dear father of Stephen and Debra,
Brampton; Michael and Michelle,
Lakewood Ranch, Florida; Paul and
Honey, Wingham; David, Wingham
and Douglas and Heather,
Peterborough. He will be lovingly
remembered by his grandchildren
Derek (Laura), Megan, Cole, Adam,
Matthew, Marissa, Jillian, Brent,
Michela and Ashley.
Keith was the dear brother of
Wilda and Anson Ruttan of
Wingham and Melva Fraser of RR
2, Blyth. He was predeceased by his
parents Robert and Mary (Elliott)
Montgomery, his sister Treva
Jamieson and brothers-in-law John
Jamieson, Don Fraser and James
Voisin.
Visitation and a Parish vigil
service were held at the McBurney
Funeral Home on Friday, Nov. 23. A
Mass of Christian Burial was held at
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church on Saturday. Father K.P.
Morrison officiated. Interment was
in Wingham Cemetery.
Memorial donations to Sacred
Heart Roman Catholic Church
Building Fund or the Wingham and
District Hospital Foundation would
be appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
Online condolences may be left at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
RUSSELL JACKLIN
Russell Jacklin of Listowel passed
away at Caressant Care, Listowel on
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. He was in
his 71st year.
Russell was the beloved husband
of Grietje and dear father of AJ and
Debbie Jacklin, Rob and Sandra
Jacklin and Mike Jacklin, all of
Listowel. He was the grandfather of
Andrew, Kayla, Ashley and
Christina.
Russell was the brother of Cheryl
and Tom Weber of Kitchener and
Marie and Ross Somers of Listowel.
The funeral service was held at
First Baptist Church, Listowel on
Friday, Nov. 23. Rev. John
Lambshead officiated. Interment
was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery,
Ethel.
Memorial donations to the Heart
and Stroke Foundation would be
appreciated and may be made
through the Eaton Funeral Home,
Listowel.
Online condolences may be left at
www.eatonfuneralhome.ca
DONALD MAURICE BRUCE
Don Bruce of Wingham, passed
away at Huronlea Home for the
Aged, Brussels on Saturday, Nov.
24, 2012. He was 73 years old.
He was the beloved husband of
Gloria (Stanley) Bruce, loving
father of Whitney Bruce and
Carey Beard of RR 5, Wingham
and grandfather of Sidney. Don
was the son-in-law of Ethel White
of Wingham, the brother-in-
law of Harold and Ronna Stanley,
Jack and Bev Stanley and Jim
Stanley.
Don was predeceased by his
parents Maurice and Ethel (Karn)
Bruce and his father-in-law Sidney
Stanley.
Friends were received at the
McBurney Funeral Home Ltd.,
Wingham on Wednesday. Final
resting place is in Zion Cemetery,
Hepworth, Ontario.
Memorial donations to the
Alzheimer Society of Ontario would
be appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
Online condolences may be left at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
Author finds success with personal memoir
Baring her soul
Emily Wierenga, daughter of Blyth’s Ernest and Yvonne Dow, has found success once again
with her book Chasing Silhouettes. The book details her struggles with the eating disorder
anorexia nervosa and includes interviews with her family members and friends about their
impressions of this difficult period of Emily’s life. The book has sold out six times on
Amazon.ca and is the website’s top-rated pastoral counselling book. (Submitted photo)
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