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Wintergirls
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Wintergirls is both heartbreaking and frustrating. It’s been a while since I read this one, but I really thought I’d written a review on this before. Anderson taps into the destructive world of eating disorders without pulling any punches or coming across like an after school special. We meet Lia after her ‘best friend’ has unexpectedly died. Instead of the stereotypical teen reaction of sadness, Lia feels guilt. She and Cassie had started to drift apart before Cassie’s death, and Lia was angry with her. So, when Cassie called her – 35 times, Lia didn’t answer. Not even once. This might seem heartless, and it is, but it points to a more deeply rooted problem. Even deeper than Lia’s incessant calorie counting. Eating disorders are all about control. This is a mental disorder that drives a person to take a death grip on one certain aspect of their lives.
For Lia and Cassie (and thousands of other young people), their control is over what they eat and how much they weigh. There’s no concern for health, only image. It’s always existed, but in a society where we’re doused with what is an acceptable body shape, it feels like it’s getting worse. Without turning this into a diatribe on photoshop – we all know that magazine covers are altered to make people look thinner, but they are also altered to make dangerously skinny people look healthy.
Complete review at http://hellphiesfiendishfiction.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson-halseanderson/
For Lia and Cassie (and thousands of other young people), their control is over what they eat and how much they weigh. There’s no concern for health, only image. It’s always existed, but in a society where we’re doused with what is an acceptable body shape, it feels like it’s getting worse. Without turning this into a diatribe on photoshop – we all know that magazine covers are altered to make people look thinner, but they are also altered to make dangerously skinny people look healthy.
Complete review at http://hellphiesfiendishfiction.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson-halseanderson/