Wintergirls

Wintergirls

Lia has been anorexic for many years. Her former best friend Cassie was bulimic. They both made a pact a long time ago that they would be the skinniest girls in the world. Cassie stopped talking to Lia for a long while, but she called her the night she died. She called Lia 33 times. This trauma triggered Lia's anorexia again, and this book talks about the struggles and mentalities of an anorexic person. It gets to the point where you are frustrated as a reader to see her go through this, and as the time goes on the reader starts to think that she will die in the end.
This book was written by Laurie Halse Anderson, I also posted a video/interview about this book from Ms. Anderson. It is very interesting if you would like to watch it. This book made me aware of some of the things that these two disorders deal with, and it made me appreciate food a lot more.
CAUTION: There is some swearing and detailed scenes concerning some of the content in the book.