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I borrowed this book from my library on Kindle.

This was a difficult read. Eating disorders are as scary as drug additions. A slow death wish marching. This book helped me understand from inside the mind of the main character, though I can't say I could fall into empathy for her. I guess I more empathized with her loved ones. It is always difficult to help those who seem to be far from reality.

I hope this is read by girls who may need a wake-up call. Or girls drowning in this winterness. I loved Laurie Anderson acknowledgments at the end. She's done it again!


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Wintergirls Laurie Halse Anderson Books Reviews

It's taken me a long time to read a book by Laurie Halse Anderson....but she's definitely going on the must-read list.

In Wintergirls, Anderson does what gives me toe-curls when I'm reading fiction-- an arresting, fascinating unreliable narrator who gives you entryway into what its like to experience the world outside of the "norm."

Lia's best friend, Cassie, died alone in a hotel and now Lia's parents are tip-toeing around her, checking up on how much she eats, and forcing her to go to therapy sessions early.

Lia plays the dutiful daughter, but Cassie's ghost is haunting her, taunting her about how much she eats. Soon Lia is nuking food in the microwave so the kitchen will smell, but burying the food so her parents won't know she isn't eating.

She's painfully aware of the calories in even a tablespoon of cream cheese, and only feels in control when her weight gets closer and closer to her ideal of 95.0 pounds or she's letting loose all the bad feelings and hateful words through slicing her own flesh with razor blades.

Wintergirls is written in Lia's inner monologue, crossed out words and all she won't even let herself think (she crosses out "mom" and substitutes "Dr. Marrigan" instead). It's a disjointed, haunting view of seeing the world through a self-hate lens, and Lia's voice will stay with you long after you put the book down. I was fascinated by the ring of truth behind Lia's strategies to fool her parents and also the voices of the other girls online.

Probably not a book you'd want younger YA readers to attempt without some talk about anorexia, and self-destruction beforehand. Probably not a path you'd want to walk down if you're feeling emotionally vulnerable, either, as Lia's pain and that of her family is real and un-tempered.
This book had me riveted from the start, the very first page. I'm a 37 year old mom who had her daughter approach her with concerns that she may be anorexic. I can remember reading a book when I was around her age which made the dangers of anorexia and bulimia stick in my mind crystal clear, but cannot for the life of me remember the title. So, off I went on google looking for it, but found Wintergirls instead.

I had this read in 24 hours. It isn't a long book for me considering the font size, but it also gripped me that I wanted to read it and find out the rest of the story and how Lia was going to fare and cope with the loss of Cassie on top of dealing with her issues before Cassie passed. The last few chapters had me in a grasp very few books get me into. I in no way can understand how this book would spur someone to not be at least slightly horrified as to what they are doing to their bodies and mental health and continue to carry on with either illness - which they may for a time - but the words and story will stick with them in the back of their minds as it reveals dangers they will continue to think of.

Good, gripping and compelling read.
Goodreads Description- “Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls.
“Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another.
I am that girl.
I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.

Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit.

In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia’s descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery.

There have been plenty of books that I have read that I have thought that were really good and have rated them 5 stars. But then occasionally, not that often, a book comes along and absolutely takes your breath away. It makes you sit up and take notice. It also makes you realize that maybe all of the other books that you rated 5 stars were nothing close to the real thing.

Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls is exactly that kind of book. This was recommended to me several months ago as part of a book club but for some reason I just didn't get around to reading it. Well I finally started it 2 days ago and when I did I didn't stop reading it until I was done. The characters were so real, so ugly at times, and so raw. The protagonist Lia, is anorexic and has just lost her best friend who died alone in a motel room. Lia is haunted by the fact that she has 33 missed calls from her friend Cassie and feels a great deal of guilt over her death. For Cassie was just as sick as Lia...she died of bulimia. Cassies starts haunting Lia and wants Lia to join her on the other side. To avoid the ghost Lia stops sleeping and starts exercising excessively. She only eats 500 calories a day. her goal weight starts at 95 pounds but each time she meets a goal she makes a new goal of 5 pounds less. Lia grows lanugo, baby fine hair, to hold in her body heat for she is always freezing. Lia cannot read anymore because she cannot thing right to make out the words. Lia has become a Wintergirl, a person lost between both worlds, and Cassie is waiting for her on the other side.

There were some ugly facts presented about anorexia. It wasn't pretty. I'm glad Anderson didn't make it pretty. Maybe some teenager will read this book and take a different path.

About the supporting characters...there were times I wanted to reach through the books pages and grab the adults in Lia's life and scream "Look at her! Can you not see that she is sick! She needs your attention! Give it to her and get her to a hospital!" But as they say "Denial isn't just a river in Egypt". It was obvious Lia couldn't control her parents divorce, her father's remarriage, her mother's controlling indifference. So she sought control elsewhere. Well she got it. And she so wanted the attention of someone and no adult in her life saw it. The only one who saw it was her 9 year old stepsister who told her friends that Lia had cancer to cover up the truth. It was a sad situation.

The climax was so wonderfully written that I could easily imagine it on the big screen. It was beautiful and powerful.

This is one of those rare books that really caught my soul. I wish there could be a rating for these special books to differentiate them from all the rest. This is definitely a 5 star book but also so much more. You absolutely must read this book!
I borrowed this book from my library on .

This was a difficult read. Eating disorders are as scary as drug additions. A slow death wish marching. This book helped me understand from inside the mind of the main character, though I can't say I could fall into empathy for her. I guess I more empathized with her loved ones. It is always difficult to help those who seem to be far from reality.

I hope this is read by girls who may need a wake-up call. Or girls drowning in this winterness. I loved Laurie Anderson acknowledgments at the end. She's done it again!