Wintergirls
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4.6 • 614 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A poignant story of a friendship frozen between life and death, from the award-winning author of Speak.
“A fearless, riveting account of a young woman in the grip of a deadly illness.”—The New York Times
“Anderson illuminates a dark but utterly realistic world . . .This is necessary reading.”—Booklist, starred review
Lia and Cassie are best friends, Wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss—her life—and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend’s memory and feeling guilty for not being able to help save her.
In Wintergirls, acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia’s struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all—hope.
Customer Reviews
My fav
Ive read this book twice thats how much I liked it. It's one of those books that once you get into it you can't put it down till the end. It uses amazing figurative language!!! Ever page paints a picture in your head. I would suggest to any teenage girl in middle or high school.
5 stars
Anderson is one of my favorite authors growing up into adulthood. I resonated with this novel as we follow a young girl along with her anorexia and grief during winter.
I read this while in rehab and it gave me a sense of relief in the fact that the emotions I was overwhelmed by were, unfortunately, experienced by many others in the world.
I think about the ending of this book whenever the sun comes out in the morning.
Very amazingly written!
But also very very triggering.