Behind the Glass

SOME BATTLES DON'T LEAVE VISIBLE SCARS.In Behind the Glass, Kelley Starai shares a deeply raw and honest account of growing up with Spinal Muscular Atrophy—a condition that shaped her body in ways the world could see—and an eating disorder that shaped her life in ways no one could.From childhood, Kelley learned what it meant to feel different. As her muscles weakened, so did her sense of belonging. What began as a quest to feel "e;normal"e; slowly turned into an obsessive need to control—to shrink, to hide, to earn love through adulthood, and into motherhood.Behind the appearance of strength and success—becoming a teacher, building a life, raising a family—was a quieter, relentless struggle. A cycle of hunger, shame, and secrecy. A life lived behind invisible barriers, separated from herself and the people she loved most.This memoir is not just about illness.It's about survival.It's about identity.It's about learning to live in a body that feelslike both a home and a prison.With unflinching honesty, Behind the Glass explores what it means to fight battles no one else can see—what it takes to finally choose life, again and again.