This novel was amazing, as is all of Laurie Anderson's work. Wintergirls is a novel focused on the progression of an eighteen year old girl's disease of anorexia, that grows worse after her best friend (a bulimic) dies alone in a hotel room. The prose in this novel are breathtaking, capturing the tone and essance of a girl in need, a girl who can only count calories and wants to slice her skin open to let her pain out.
As in Speak, Anderson creates a character that is nothing but flawed, who's issue controls her entire life. Anderson has a gift of capturing the twisted worlds of girls trapped within their issues. It was a deeply captivating read, and I think that any parent who has a daughter with an eating disorder should be aware by reading this novel. The only way to truly understand someone's disease is to place yourself in their shoes, and this novel is a perfect portal to such a place.
-Tara Sheffer, President of the Book Mafia
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