Letting Ana Go
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4.6 • 160 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A teen grapples with anorexia and addiction in this harrowing diary-style novel in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky.
She was a good girl from a good family, with everything she could want or need. But below the surface, she felt like she could never be good enough. Like she could never live up to the expectations that surrounded her. Like she couldn’t do anything to make a change.
But there was one thing she could control completely: how much she ate. The less she ate, the better—stronger—she felt.
But it’s a dangerous game, and there is such a thing as going too far…
Her innermost thoughts and feelings are chronicled in the diary she left behind.
Customer Reviews
Letting ana go
I’m very disappointed by these reviews honestly, one literally saying that the main character ate too much to have anorexia and could eat when she was told too?? Like are we reading the same book lol.
I thought for the most part this was very accurate depiction of anorexia, and I liked the inclusion of the struggle of getting treatment if you have normal insurance and income. I also liked how the main character was a runner, which was something I could relate too. I knew this book would be sad, but the end totally gets me tearing up even after multiple reads. The only problem I have with this book is including the girls weight in every chapter and her height as well, I guess I just feel like that’s unnecessary information and obviously people reading this might have eating disorders and want to copy her weight.
This destroyed me
This book broke my heart and opened my eyes. Definitely suggest to anyone who wants to have a new point of view of anorexia and the struggles people endure.
From a Recovering Ana
This book is so poignant. It shows that anorexia is a journey and if you aren’t careful, it will drag you into the depths and you may never come back. So sobering.