{"id":83,"date":"2009-06-24T14:13:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T18:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2009-06-24T14:13:15","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T18:13:16","slug":"book-rec-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/24\/book-rec-wintergirls-by-laurie-halse-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Rec: WINTERGIRLS by Laurie Halse Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the jacket:<\/b> Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit.<\/p>\n

Recced for:<\/b> Vivid, stark, and totally believable voice, which makes the main character sympathetic and understandable even as you struggle to accept what she’s doing to herself. (It helps that she’s struggling to\/not to accept it, too.) Sparse but beautiful writing. A story that will haunt you if you try to put it down before you’re finished, and then continue to haunt you after you have.<\/p>\n

Note: Likely triggers for those with present or past eating disorders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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