Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Thirty-three times. That's how many times she called me as she was dying alone in a motel room. Thirty-three times that I didn't answer the phone.
Disturbing, harrowing, sad…. The story of two girls, each enabling the other’s own eating disorder. Cassie is now dead and haunting Lia; Lia feels guilt over her friend’s death which causes her self-destructive behaviors to accelerate. As Lia's weight plummets, her parents, step-mother, and therapist all seem powerless to help. Wintergirls is a gripping tale of one girl's struggle with body image.

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