Your not dead, but your not alive. Your a wintergirl. Famous quote from an amazing insightful book. I've read this novel about 3 times, and each time i read, i get a deeper meaning from it. I understand the point of view, because i'm still stuck where Lia is in the beginning. I don't eat anything, and when i do, i don't eat much. I excercise daily, and, not proud to say, i'm puker, like Cassie was. Before i give this book away, for recommendation, you need to have a deep understanding on the subject of anorexia. It's a very emotional roller coaster, and you realize, when you start reading, you cannot stop. Under any circumstances, until the end. The second thing i like about this book, is that there is discussion questions at the end, so you can think about what it meant to you. You'll take a journey with Lia, and Cassie as the delve into their pretend world where they dance with witches and kiss monsters. They are wintergirls, frozen in a matchstick body. Make sure you have a tissue box, so you'll be prepared as you read the heart wrenching story of Lia and her battle with anorexia.
“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.
In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the National Book Award finalist Speak, best-selling author Laurie Halse Anderson explores one girl's chilling descent into the all-consuming vortex of anorexia.
