Wintergirls

I recommended this book because its touching and changed the way i think an view about my body. It was also a heart breaking story but it teaches you how to value what good things you have. There really is no such thing as perfect, there's just you and other people you don't have to be labeled as skinny or fat. Just feel comfortable in your own skin. This book brought tears to my eyes its about a girl who suffers from a eating disorder and the tragic death of her best friend. Items can be replaced but your body can not. You will absolutely fall in love with this heart breaking and lesson teaching book.

As someone who struggles with an eating disorder, when this was recommended to me, I was warned it was going to be a heavy read. Triggering, even. Instead, I found myself deeply relating to the main character, Lia, and desperately wishing her to get better while also understanding the mindset that came with the issue at hand. My mother is a doctor too, and like Lia, I've had to deal with her being overbearing and controlling to the point of me actively avoiding her- the scenes where Lia was forced to eat something in front of her mother and was just trying not to argue with her were some of the most deeply relatable in my life. I have suffered almost the same exact scenarios, and the way Lia is so cynical and upset about the things that happen- it truly is just being malnourished, and part of you /knows/ that, which makes it worse. All in all, I loved it. I didn't find it triggering, just a book I could heavily relate to. Def will reread.

Although very dramatic at times and creepy...it leaves you clinging to your chair. I know many girls who have had an anorexic past or are right now...and I have to say that Laurie Halse Anderson does a great job and portraying Lia's character... Sometimes the book is a little predictable, but, altogether good.