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#Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘A perfect storm of horrible’: A single mother, whose daughter has anorexia, lost her unemployment benefits — now the rent is due

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“#Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘A perfect storm of horrible’: A single mother, whose daughter has anorexia, lost her unemployment benefits — now the rent is due”

‘There’s nothing worse than telling a young lady with severe, life-threatening anorexia I cannot buy her food.’

Michelle Gimlin lies on a carpeted floor beside her 23-year-old daughter who sleeps on a twin bed each night. She cannot afford another bed nor is there space for it in their cramped one-bedroom subsidized apartment located in Davis, Calif.

That’s just one of the many sacrifices she makes for her 5-foot-6 daughter who weighs just 93 pounds.

Her…

Elisabeth Buchwald

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