Wintergirls

Wintergirls

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Published by: Viking

Summary: Lia had just found out that Cassie was dead. Her Cassie. They had been best friends for nine years up until a couple months before Cassie's death. They hadn't talked at all then, they weren't even friends anymore. But before she took her life, Cassie called Lia. Thirty-three times. On top of that, her family wants to make her fat but she's stronger than that, she can resist the food and make herself get skinny. Her parents yell at her all the time and force her to eat food. Things get harder and harder for Lia to cope and soon she's falling falling falling. Why is she doing this to herself?

Personal Review: This was one of the hardest books for me to read. It makes me want to eat to prove I'm not like the girl in the book. It makes me hungry and I have to put it down every now and then to stay sane. Laurie Halse Anderson uses such vivid language, it conveys the mood so strongly and touches the nerves in such a way that it's almost disconcerting. But I did enjoy the book and realized a lot of things about eating disorders that I hadn't before.

Cautionary note: This book is extremely vivid. I wouldn't reccommend it to just anybody. It packs a lot of emotion on sensitive subjects.