Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Wintergirls is a book about eating disorders. The author wrote this book to tell the reader what the eating disorder is. It shows that people like Lia and Cassie are disturbing internal and external confusion. It all starts with a competition between two characters. Casey died trying to win the game. Lily, the protagonist of this novel, is constantly tracking her food consumption. For example, in the morning of breakfast Lia says "Muffin (410), ... Orange (75), ... toast (87), ... waffle (180)" is not necessary (Anderson 5).

Laurie Halse Anderson 's new novel "Wintergirls" has led us to this dark, tyranny world through the experience of Lia, an 18 - year - old narrator who was tired of anorexia since the eighth grade. Lily was suffering from the illusion of her dead friend Cassie. Cassie secretly said. Ghost, soon you will cross the border with me. I'm so excited. "Currently, part of the writing, explanation of several weeks after Leah's death details her own bloody anorexia, intertwined with flashback - about her two failed hospitalizations (" Who will recover It took me a few years to get very small, I am not sick, and Cathy promised each other 'Let's bring the thinnest thing' together.

Wintergirls is a novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. It tells the story of Lia Overbrook, a girl suffering from anorexia and self injuries. She is trying to balance her spiritual illness while balancing everything else in her life. A few months after quarreling with her best friend Cassie, Lia received the news of her death from bulimia. The struggle for Leah's life is becoming more difficult. "The Guardian" Melvin Burgess said: "The true nature of anorexia is quite obvious, as Lias herself is her only rule over her collapsed character, Lias laughs herself. I will not cause pain by myself, but let 's let the pain - and the dirt - let it go out Of course the dirt in this case is also of our own. The pretty boring faces she presents to the world around her are intertwined It is.