Book Review: "Wintergirls"

"Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

SUMMARY from GoodReads
“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 were best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies. But now Cassie is dead. Lia's mother is busy saving other people's lives. Her father is away on business. Her step-mother is clueless. And the voice inside Lia's head keeps telling her to remain in control, stay strong, lose more, weigh less. If she keeps on going this way—thin, thinner, thinnest—maybe she'll disappear altogether.
 
MY RATING:

 
 
 
 
MY THOUGHTS:
I tore through this book in about 4 hours. I started at about 2PM stopped to make dinner, picked it back up after and finished by 8PM. It was THAT good.
 
Wintergirls hits on the touchy subject of eating disorders in young women. You see one girl lose her struggle and another struggle to survive the aftermath and her own disease. I think Anderson really hit the nail on the head with this book. It's realistic and emotional. It's controversial and something that should be discussed.
 
I would recommend this book for all young women. It's an issue that deserves more attention.