Wintergirls Summary
Laurie Halse Anderson

Wintergirls Summary

Wintergirls is the story of eighteen-year-old Lia Overbrook, an anorexic cutter who loathes her body, her family, and her life. All these emotions are heightened when Lia's best friend Cassie, a bulimic, dies in a motel room after a long session of bingeing and purging. Before she died, Cassie called Lia 33 times for help, but Lia never picked up the phone. As the novel progresses, Lia spirals dangerously out of control...

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