Winter girls book report

Anorexia holds a young woman in a deadly grip in this fearless, riveting young adult novel. She is eighteen and lives with her dad after moving away from her mom after coming back from a failed recovery. When cassie succumbs to the demons within, lia feels she is being haunted by her friends restless spirit. Pretty much i attempted to make an hour long film of the book wintergirls by laurie halse anderson last year but my hard drive crashed during the.

Matt marinovich takes us to th e hamptons in the winter girl, but dont expect sunshine and warm ocean breezes. The characters ping from event to event with emotions always at the forefront. This was recommended to me several months ago as part of a book club but for some reason i just didnt get around to reading it. The two main characters, the wintergirls of the title, both have emotional problems that lead to and exacerbate their disorders.

Wintergirls by laurie halse anderson is a novel about finding the desire. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. W hen i first saw this book in the library i was a bit hesitant to read it as the books deals with difficult topics such as eating disorders and. It is not for the faint of heart, but fans of laurie halse anderson may find it hard to. The characters were so real, so ugly at times, and so raw. The novel wintergirls by laurie halse anderson is narrated by the main character, lia overbrook. Anderson, the new york times bestselling author of speak, has written yet. Lia and cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to. Wintergirls is a novel by laurie halse anderson in which lia and cassies friendship becomes increasingly toxic after they both develop to eating disorders longtime friends. In her books like speak and wintergirls, anderson writes about scary topics and has her characters. The book starts with cassie dying from repetitive vomiting. Wintergirls is very painful to read and very, very powerful. Although andersons theme is eating disorders, wintergirls is a far cry from the kind of popular problem novels about anorexia and bulimia that seem to flood. But what comes after size zero and size doublezero.

Well i finally started it 2 days ago and when i did i didnt stop reading it until i was done. Wintergirls is the story of eighteenyearold lia overbrook, an anorexic cutter who loathes her body, her family. This study guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of wintergirls. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness. In wintergirls, laurie halse anderson explores lias descent into the powerful vortex of.

One of the most moving, heartfelt, yet sad book ive read in a long time, is wintergirls by laurie halse anderson. Lia and cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a. Its early december when this dark, depressing story opens. She is an 18yearold girl, a senior in high school, and has been anorexic since middle school, when. The conflict of this book stems from lias guilt over her best friends death. Laurie halse andersons wintergirls is exactly that kind of book. Wintergirls protagonists the protagonist in wintergirls is lia.

This intoxicating story for teenagers of a girl driven to selfloathing by a friends suicide is more powerful than most adult fiction. In the book wintergirls, by laurie halse anderson, eighteenyearold lia overbrook lives with her dad, her stepsister emma, and her stepmom, a woman named jennifer who lia thinks is clueless. Wintergirls, laurie halse andersons new novel, takes us into this dark, tyrannical world through the experience of lia, the 18yearold narrator, who has struggled with anorexia since the. Tell us your secret, the girls whisper, one toilet to another.